Brooklyn newspaper pioneer Michael A Armstrong dies after COVID
Michael A Armstrong, a Boerum Hill native who led the Phoenix office at 155 and later 395 Atlantic Avenue, died last month after 17 days on a ventilator at Methodist Hospital. His wife Daynia died a month earlier from the virus at Cobble Hill Health Center.
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Boot Camp in Phoenix Journalism Under Arm Strong
An ex student recalls the Phoenix newsroom boot camp of the mid 1980s under Mike Arm strong. The grueling schedule six days a week twelve hours daily plus harsh discipline built tough reporters who chased corruption and arts stories while living near the basement brownstone office and printing late into the night.
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Remembering Mike Armstrong and the Phoenix
A reminiscence of Mike Armstrong and the Brooklyn Phoenix recalls founding Williamsburg Advocate attempts and Mike's impact on North Brooklyn culture. The piece notes his work across Brooklyn Heights Cobble Hill Boerum Hill Fort Greene Park Slope and Red Hook and later Villager in Manhattan.
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