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As student-journalists at the Temple News in the late 1970s and early '80s, National Enquirer executive editor Barry Levine and I had the privilege of working with a number of staffers who went on to media prominence:

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As student-journalists at the

Temple News

in the late 1970s and early '80s,

National Enquirer

executive editor Barry Levine and I had the privilege of working with a number of staffers who went on to media prominence:

_ Richard Leiby has spent many years at the Washington Post as a features writer and columnist. He is the paper's arts & entertainment editor.

_ Mitch Lawrence has for years been the NBA columnist for the New York Daily News.

_ Dave Caldwell is a longtime correspondent for the New York Times sports section.

_ Sid Kirchheimer is a journalist and author specializing in personal security issues who has been daytime talk host Oprah Winfrey's go-to person on the topic, appearing on her TV show several times.

_ Alan Guenther was a nationally honored investigative reporter at the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, N.J., who's now director of communications for the New Jersey Department of Education.

_ Irv Slifkin is a nationally known film critic and author.

- Chuck Darrow

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