Not everyone has a treasure trove to fall back on when caught in a sudden corporate bloodletting. Luckily for him and for fans of Formula One and historic racing and fine art aficionados, Dick Kelley did. A thousand or more unpublished photos from 12 years covering Formula 1 were waiting for a curator and presentation… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Autowriters Spotlight
Robert Calem: How The Internet Changed His Career
Robert E. Calem is in this month’s Autowriters Spotlight because his career reflects how the interplay between the Fourth Estate and the Internet has changed what he still dignifies with a capital: Journalism. Writing has always been a solitary endeavor, but when I began my career nearly three decades ago (in 1986) Journalism was a… Continue Reading
Autowriters Spotlight on John Lamm Photojournalist
When Road & Track moved to the Midwest and left its California staff behind, there was little worry about what its outstanding free-lance photojournalist correspondent John Lamm would do next. His work has been his passport for three plus decades, earning him assignments and awards from around the world. Although, photography comes to mind first… Continue Reading
Autowriters Spotlight: Mike Davis
Mike Davis’ recount of his publishing career that he says has ended with a twist tells enough of his walk on both the PR and Journalism side of automotive communications to qualify as the Auto writers Spotlight for January. “The Gas Miser’s Guide is truly among the Undead. I’ll let readers decide whether it should… Continue Reading
Jesse Bowers Wants to Know What You Know About Cars
This is a different spotlight provided by frequent correspondent Jesse Bowers at Just A Car Guy. AWCom featured him in a previous newsletter but did not do his car knowledge justice. Even if he doesn’t know all the answers, being able to come up with the questions alone is evidence that he is really into… Continue Reading
Autowriters Spotlight: Brett Berk
Brett Berk’s weekly Stick Shift auto column in Online Vanity Fair is often like reading a sportswriter covering the crowd or visiting a doctor who tells you how he’s feeling. Yet it works. When you come to the single car in his recent 10-slide report on the world’s most famous Concours d’ Elegance, his idiosyncratic… Continue Reading
Meet Jimmy Dinsmore
Jimmy Dinsmore is first and foremost a journalist. He says, “Writing is in my blood, it’s who I am.” He started writing in high school and continued at the University of Cincinnati where he wrote his way up to Editor-in-Chief of the school’s daily newspaper, the UC Record. Before he became the automotive writer for… Continue Reading
Pete Lyons Automotive Photographer
I didn’t inherit his aptitude for engineering, and I can’t say sloshing around in photo chemicals was fun, but I did find out that working with a camera is a creative joy. Composition, panning, planning … I love it. The first time a magazine published one of my pictures was a thrill that still hasn’t grown old… Continue Reading