In March 1977, the Long Island Press, where Vito Turso had worked for more than a decade starting as a copyboy, closed its doors. Eight months would pass before he found a job with American Metal Market, a trade publication dealing with the metals industry, aided by the two years in which he studied metallurgy at Brooklyn Tech High School.
Three weeks later, he was out the door for a chance to work for another city daily, in this case the brand-new The Trib, which “was gonna be a great, more-conservative tabloid,” he recalled Oct. 31, marking the day with a black shirt and glowing orange tie.
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