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Heywood Campbell Broun, Jr. (; December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, now known as The Newspaper Guild. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and his championing of the underdog. He believed that journalists could help right wrongs, especially social ills. ==Career== Broun was born in Brooklyn, the third of four children born to Heywood C. Broun and Henrietta Marie (née Brose) Broun. He attended Harvard University, but did not earn a degree. He began his professional career writing baseball stories in the sports section of the ''New York Morning Telegraph''. Broun worked at the ''New York Tribune'' from 1912–1921, rising to drama critic before transferring to the ''New York World'' (1921–28). While at the ''World,'' he started writing his syndicated column, ''It Seems to Me''. In 1928, he moved to the Scripps-Howard newspapers, including the ''New York World-Telegram.'' His column was published there he moved it to the ''New York Post.'' His only column appeared in that paper just days before his death. As a drama critic, Broun once characterized Geoffrey Steyne as the worst actor on the American stage. Steyne sued Broun, but a judge threw the case out. The next time Broun reviewed a production with Steyne in the cast, he left the actor out of the review. His final sentence was "Mr. Steyne's performance was not up to its usual standard." An attributed line of lasting quotability, "Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else", is used widely, often in arguments about documentation and history.〔''Sitting on the World'', New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1924〕 In 1930, Broun unsuccessfully ran for Congress, as a Socialist. A slogan of Broun's was "I'd rather be right than Roosevelt." In 1933, Broun, along with ''New York Evening Post'' Editor Joseph Cookman, John Eddy of ''The New York Times'' and Allen Raymond of the ''New York Herald Tribune,'' helped to found The Newspaper Guild. The Newspaper Guild sponsors an annual Heywood Broun Award for outstanding work by a journalist, especially work that helps correct an injustice. Beginning February 8, 1933, Broun starred in a radio program, ''The Red Star of Broadway'', on WOR (AM) in Newark, New Jersey. Broun was featured as "The Man About Town of Broadway." Sponsored by Macy's, the program also included musicians and minstrels. In 1938, Broun helped found the weekly tabloid ''Connecticut Nutmeg'', soon renamed ''Broun's Nutmeg''.〔Gale, Robert L. ''An F. Scott Fitzgerald Encyclopedia''. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998, p. 49〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heywood Broun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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