Alan Hathway

Alan Bonnell Hathway (May 22, 1906 – April 15, 1977) was an editor at Newsday, a daily newspaper for the Long Island suburbs of New York City, from the early 1940s until 1970. He began as city editor, then became managing editor and eventually executive editor.[1] He was often characterized as an old-style newspaperman similar to those in the play The Front Page.[1][2][3]

In the 1930s and 1940s, Hathway was also a pulp fiction writer. He wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson in the early 1940s.[4]

During Hathway's tenure as Managing Editor at Newsday, the future Pulitzer prize-winning author Robert Caro worked in his newsroom. In his memoir, Caro credited Hathway for being a major positive influence on his research practice, particularly for his advice to “Turn every page. Never assume anything. Turn every goddam page.”[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Asbury, Edith Evans (April 16, 1977). "Alan Hathway Dies at Age of 70; Editor Guided Newsday's Growth". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Caro, Robert A. (January 21, 2019). "The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson's Archives". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Murray, Will (2011). Moring, Matthew (ed.). Writings in Bronze. Altus Press. p. 40.
  4. ^ Murray, Will (2011). Moring, Matthew (ed.). Writings in Bronze. Altus Press. pp. 36–41.
  5. ^ Caro, Robert A. (January 21, 2019). "The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson's Archives". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  6. ^ Caro, Robert (2019). Working : researching, interviewing, writing. Alfred A. Knopf.