Obituary Writers: Life's Work

You still might have a future in Journalism. But it's not all that it's cracked up to be: Obituary writers: Life’s work The subjects of “Obit”, an engaging new documentary profiling obituarists at the New York Times, recognise that their lives are not exactly the stuff of stardom. They walk into their corner of the newsroom each day ignorant of their assignment; by the day’s end each staffer will have been immersed in the life of a hitherto-unknown figure. It is a compelling portrait of a profession that rarely receives the dignity it so graciously affords others