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Phoenix memoir traces Walls early journalism rise
The Phoenix period piece recalls Walls joining The Phoenix as a reporter in 1978 alongside Peter Haley, detailing newsroom chaos and the birth of her distinctive voice. It notes the paper’s aggressive expansion, Walls first page one story on the Brooklyn disco scene, and her later reflections on choosing journalism as a calling.
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