Jim Sheeler appears in the following:
The Obit Beat
Friday, December 26, 2014
Everyone gets to be in the paper twice: when they’re born, and when they die.
The Obit Beat
Friday, September 12, 2014
There’s a saying from the early days of newspapers that goes “everyone gets to be in the paper twice: when they’re born, and when they die.”
Final Salute
Monday, May 26, 2008
For his new book Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives, Jim Sheeler spent two years shadowing Maj. Steve Beck, a marine in charge of casualty notification, as he delivered the news of battlefield death to families.
Final Salute
Monday, May 26, 2008
On Memorial Day, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jim Sheeler recounts his year spent with the man responsible for the Marine's "casualty notification" - informing families that their loved one has died in combat. Also, Mary Tillman on her son's - former NFL player Pat Tillman - death in Iraq by friendly ...