Newsroom elitism

I wholeheartedly agree with Russell Baker that journalists aren’t in touch with our nation’s poor [“Affluence Remakes the Newsroom,” by Tim Rutten, Dec. 13]. The solution lies at the top. We have to convince those who do the hiring at major papers that “Living Life 101” might actually be a better classroom than those that simply try to teach silver-spoon students how to empathize with the poor, homeless and downtrodden.

Sam Johnson

Chicago