Not exact matches
The Post is a film that feels in constant motion, where the camera is often hurtling forward to
catch up to the drama, which here takes the form of heated negotiations between Post
publisher Katharine Graham
and her
editor Ben Bradlee around the ethics
and efficacy of continuing to publish the Papers after the Times had raised the ire of the Nixon administration.
On June 13, 1971, Washington Post
editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks)
and publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) are
caught off guard when the New York Times starts publishing portions of the top - secret document, which Ellsberg had leaked to Times reporter Neil Sheehan (Justin Swain).
The Post: A thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep), the first female
publisher of a major American newspaper,
and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), as they race to
catch up with The New York Times to print «The Pentagon Papers.»
Some of them come at this from having been self - published authors who
caught the attention of traditional
editors and publishers.
It's that one time of the year when you get a chance to meet
publishers and editors face - to - face,
and to
catch up with clients
and colleagues.»
Traditionally published authors get the benefit of an
editor (hopefully), a great designer, high quality printing (for special, novelty cover effects that are increasingly used by traditional
publishers to stand out from the horde),
and distribution to bookstores — the perfect storm to
catch a potential buyer
and rope them in (sorry for mixing metaphors).
[Big sister site Gamasutra's
editor at large Chris Morris
catches up with Timegate Studios (Section 8) head Adel Chaveleh as the veteran console game development house growss «tired» of the traditional
publisher relationship
and strikes out on its own.]