"I like gentle people, because there are so many in the world who are not gentle." Ernie Pyle, born on this day in 1900 in Dana, Indiana #ErniePyleRemembranceDay
#ErniePyleRemembranceDay was yesterday, April 18th: we'd like to continue celebrating his legacy with this photograph, c. 1950, of E.W. Scripps Company President, Roy W. Howard (third from the left), at Pulitzer Prize-winning Indiana journalist Ernie Pyle's memorial in Okinawa.
On #ErniePyleRemembranceDay & #NationalColumnistsDay, we celebrate the legacy of legendary journalist Ernie Pyle, a legendary journalist for Scripps Howard Newspapers. The Fund is committed to fostering journalistic excellence & supporting the next generation of storytellers.📰📰
Famed cartoonist Bill Mauldin drew this after #WWII correspondent #ErniePyle was killed on Ie Shima #OTD April 18, 1945. It was titled "Brave Man," from Pyle's last book, "Brave Men." -30- is a journalism symbol indicating the end of a story. #ErniePyleRemembranceDay
"Write a story as tho[ugh] it were a privilege for you to write it. Put some sauciness and sparkle into it. You don't have to be smart-alecky or pseudo-funny. Be human. Try to write like people talk." Ernie Pyle #ErniePyleRemembranceDay
“My home is where my extra luggage is, and where the car is stored, and where I happen to be getting mail this time. My home is America.”
The Hoosier Vagabond: On the Road with Ernie Pyle #ErniePyleRemembranceDay
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“I’ve lost the touch. This stuff stinks. I feel stale and just can’t seem to get going again.”
Ernie Pyle and Captain Waskow #ErniePyleRemembranceDay #NationalColumnistsDay
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!["Write a story as tho[ugh] it were a privilege for you to write it. Put some sauciness and sparkle into it. You don't have to be smart-alecky or pseudo-funny. Be human. Try to write like people talk." Ernie Pyle #ErniePyleRemembranceDay](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLc5oVCWUAAxZCG.jpg "Ray E. Boomhower (@rayboomhower) on Twitter photo \"Write a story as tho[ugh] it were a privilege for you to write it. Put some sauciness and sparkle into it. You don't have to be smart-alecky or pseudo-funny. Be human. Try to write like people talk.\" Ernie Pyle #ErniePyleRemembranceDay")
