The point of that anecdote was that Anne’s forthright manner, which sometimes made her difficult to manage, was the very thing that made her admired and loved by those who knew her as a journalist and as a friend. More than her talent and love of life, it was the integrity of her character that won us over, her unfailing instinct to reject the allure of being famous for the value of being honest. .“You know,” her colleague and good friend, Maggie Gentilcore told me, “I was there when that happened. The amazing thing is she never ever had to think about things like that. It was as if it was in her DNA. It was just a reflex action. She knew who she was and she couldn’t be swayed and she almost always made the right decision.”
Re: “Headline Club will introduce an Anne Keegan award”
The point of that anecdote was that Anne’s forthright manner, which sometimes made her difficult to manage, was the very thing that made her admired and loved by those who knew her as a journalist and as a friend. More than her talent and love of life, it was the integrity of her character that won us over, her unfailing instinct to reject the allure of being famous for the value of being honest. .“You know,” her colleague and good friend, Maggie Gentilcore told me, “I was there when that happened. The amazing thing is she never ever had to think about things like that. It was as if it was in her DNA. It was just a reflex action. She knew who she was and she couldn’t be swayed and she almost always made the right decision.”