Thank You Judith Crist
I took Mrs. Crist’s film criticism class in 1971 and went to several of her Tarrytown film weekends later. I learned from her both professionally and personally. She pushed us to make every word count...
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which I shamefully confessed to Prof. Crist in an Xmas card hoping for absolution. Not only was she supportive, she said PR people were intriguing and reminded me she married one. I literally think of...
View ArticleLimbering Up
In Judith Crist’s class, writing mattered. In RW 1 and my other classes, reporting ruled. Strong leads, snappy kickers, clean copy — yes, they were taught and idealized. But they were always secondary...
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Lucky enough to make it into one of her last seminars, I will never forget the anxiety I felt when walking the 25 blocks from the J-School to Judith Crist’s apartment, where her classes took place. She...
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I was in what I think was the first seminar she taught at the J-School. She was just terrific — sharp-witted, stern about your prose, and also generous. She was very kind to me when I graduated, giving...
View ArticleJudith Crist: An Appreciation
I met Judith Crist in 1966 when she came to the University of Texas in Austin to share her expertise as a film critic for both print and television. I have written an appreciation about Ms. Crist for...
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I have many memories of Judith Crist’s edits on my work in her class, some of them fond. She once tore into one of my columns as being well-written but poorly reasoned. “Your words are more powerful...
View ArticleStill Inspiring students
I can still Judith Crist’s exhortation in my head – “Precision!” And, after a long journalism career, I’m now a university teacher, and I like to think that every single day I push my students for...
View ArticleA Great Teacher
Penn Kimball was the most intimidating and stimulating professor I ever encountered. I wish him many years of good health and professional and personal fulfillment in retirement. He has surely earned...
View ArticleSmoking with Judith Crist
A couple of hours into each class we would break for coffee and cookies, loitering in the kitchen for 15 minutes. Two of us smoked, and we would join Crist in her office, where she would rescue a...
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