Over the years, now and then, I've contributed a handful of first-person columns for the features pages. Each one seemed like a good idea at the time. Among the hard-hitting topics I have tackled:
How to travel like a Dad.
Halloween horrors in Dallas.
A newcomers' guide to the Dallas-Fort Worth area (written before the widespread use of GPS, but possibly still valid.)
Probably the one that got the most reaction ran on New Year's Eve 2002. Apparently, a lot of married couples feel this way. I'm reprinting it below.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Welcome to the Michael Merschel archive
Welcome. If you've found this blog, you are most likely interested in Michael Merschel's work as a journalist. So we'll be keeping things professional here. Probably.
Mike's most current work can be viewed on the Texas Pages blog of The Dallas Morning News, where Mike is an assistant arts editor who handles books coverage. He recently began overseeing classical music and theater coverage as well.
His primary job is not writing. But some of his (relatively) recent work samples would include:
A review of Hotter Than That by Krin Gabbard.
An interview with William Shatner about his autobiography, Up Till Now. (Bonus material was posted on the Texas Pages blog.)
A review of American Nerd by Benjamin Nugent.
A review of The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour, by Andrei Cherny. (UPDATE: Link broken.)
A combined review of Michael Palin's Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years and Steve Martin's Born Standing Up.
Mike also did live coverage of Book Expo America in 2007 (where he interviewed Roy Blount Jr.) and 2008 (some live blogging can be read here) and covered the Texas Book Festival in 2006, 2007 (where he interviewed Shalom Auslander and editors from The Onion) and 2008 (more blog posts are here.)
His most widely reprinted story was when he broke news of Nan Talese's comments about Oprah Winfrey in 2007.
You can read more about Mike at his LinkedIn profile. Current contact information should be there as well.
We'll update this blog with more writing as Mike produces it. We might also dig some material out of the past. Thanks for your interest.
Mike's most current work can be viewed on the Texas Pages blog of The Dallas Morning News, where Mike is an assistant arts editor who handles books coverage. He recently began overseeing classical music and theater coverage as well.
His primary job is not writing. But some of his (relatively) recent work samples would include:
A review of Hotter Than That by Krin Gabbard.
An interview with William Shatner about his autobiography, Up Till Now. (Bonus material was posted on the Texas Pages blog.)
A review of American Nerd by Benjamin Nugent.
A review of The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour, by Andrei Cherny. (UPDATE: Link broken.)
A combined review of Michael Palin's Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years and Steve Martin's Born Standing Up.
Mike also did live coverage of Book Expo America in 2007 (where he interviewed Roy Blount Jr.) and 2008 (some live blogging can be read here) and covered the Texas Book Festival in 2006, 2007 (where he interviewed Shalom Auslander and editors from The Onion) and 2008 (more blog posts are here.)
His most widely reprinted story was when he broke news of Nan Talese's comments about Oprah Winfrey in 2007.
You can read more about Mike at his LinkedIn profile. Current contact information should be there as well.
We'll update this blog with more writing as Mike produces it. We might also dig some material out of the past. Thanks for your interest.
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