The Mourning Anchor

I'm not sure if this should be considered a great piece of journalism. I mean, it was good but I've seen better. The writer includes many different perspectives in this profile piece, giving the otherwise boring and bitter character that is Bryant Gumbel dimension. I can say that I admire how the writer manages to make a story about a completely dislikable person interesting. However, it was not interesting enough to make me stay captivated throughout it's nine pages.  It succeeds in it's purpose in telling the story of a classic, Hemingway-esque man's man, straight forward and dedicated to his work. It's just to bad that I don't like that kind of story.