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1. • • In early 1998, Tom Junod received an assignment that was outside his wheelhouse. His editor at Esquire asked him to profile Fred Rogers, the beloved television personality and Presbyterian minister. By the time Junod was done writing the story, he had become friends with Rogers. The two remained close until Rogers’s death, in early 2003.
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   When did Tom Junod become friends with Fred Rogers?

   • In early 1998, Tom Junod received an assignment that was outside his wheelhouse. His editor at Esquire asked him to profile Fred Rogers, the beloved television personality and Presbyterian minister. By the time Junod was done writing the story, he had become friends with Rogers. The two remained close until Rogers’s death, in early 2003.

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   Did the Rogers story change the perception of Junod?

   • So the Rogers story was indeed an effort to change the perception of Junod, he adds, "One of the editors at Esquire thought it would be amusing to have me, with my stated determination to "say the unsayable," write about the nicest man in the world."

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   Who is Junod Rogers?

   • But on occasion, he would adopt adults as “projects,” and Junod, who was in his 30s when he met Rogers, became the focus of the older man’s prayers and guidance. They were friends for four years, until Rogers’ death from stomach cancer in 2003. Now Junod is the one being interviewed by journalists in advance of the film.

   Journalist Tom Junod on Fred Rogers' 'Spiritual Genius

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   Who is Fred Rogers?

   • Junod’s 1998 Esquire magazine cover story of the man whose cuddly, stuffed animal voice and slow charm helped raised half the kids in this country, including this reporter. The story is the basis of the new Sony film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers, which opens in theaters on Nov. 22.

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3. time.com › 5733017The True Story Behind A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | TIME

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   Nov 22, 2019 · Junod says he had “no idea how to write about a person like Fred” after a run of writing successful stories about darker subjects. (He earned a National Magazine Award for a 1995 story called...

   • Author: Rachel E. Greenspan

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   Feb 7, 2020 · In early 1998, Tom Junod received an assignment that was outside his wheelhouse. His editor at Esquire asked him to profile Fred Rogers, the beloved television personality and Presbyterian minister. By the time Junod was done writing the story, he had become friends with Rogers.

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   May 5, 2024 · The film's premise of a journalist sent to interview Fred Rogers did indeed happen, but the columnist's name is Tom Junod, not Lloyd Vogel. While it seems odd that his real name isn't used...

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6. sojo.net › articles › journalist-tom-junod-fredJournalist Tom Junod on Fred Rogers' 'Spiritual Genius'

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   Nov 20, 2019 · But Junod says he recognizes Vogel’s anger and self-doubt and thanks Rogers for helping him through a tough time. It was proof, he said, of what he calls Rogers’ “spiritual genius.”

7. www.rd.com › article › mr-rogersMr. Rogers: The True Story Behind His Empathy | Reader's Digest

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   Feb 21, 2021 · Journalist Tom Junod, one of Rogers’ friends and the inspiration behind the 2019 movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, witnessed Rogers’ hallmark empathy firsthand and tells Reader’s ...

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8. longreads.com › 2019/11/07 › tom-junod-remembersTom Junod Remembers Fred Rogers: “You Were a Child Once, Too”

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   Nov 7, 2019 · At the Atlantic, Tom Junod recalls his friendship with Fred Rogers 16 years after Fred’s death. Junod and Rogers traded 70 emails around the time Junod’s Esquire profile of Rogers, ‘ Can You Say…”Hero”? ’ was published in 1998.

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   Nov 7, 2019 · What would Fred Rogers—Mister Rogers—have made of El Paso and Dayton, of mass murder committed to fulfill the dictates of an 8chan manifesto?