“Why’s this so good?” No. 13: Gene Weingarten peels the Great Zucchini – Nieman Storyboard - A project of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.niemanstoryboard.org - September 28, 2011 2:34 PM

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The Great Zucchini has a secret. And in “The Peekaboo Paradox,” Gene Weingarten exhumes the history that haunts the most popular children’s entertainer in Washington, D.C. The story, which ran in January 2006, is the best thing ever written by the Washington Post’s two-time Pulitzer winner. (Surprisingly enough, Weingarten agrees with this statement.)

 

“A children’s performer? Really?” you might wonder as you start the piece, but Weingarten is already there, waiting for you....