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==Career==

==Career==

Lazarus joined ''The Shreveport Times'' in 1944 as 17-year-old copy boy and retired in 1990 at the age of sixty-four as the managing editor. Before the editorship, he had worked as a reporter, copy editor, sportswriter, telegraph editor, and news editor. He was a former president of the Louisiana-[[Mississippi]] Associated Press Association and a board member of the AP Managing Editors Association. He was a charter member and president of the [[Arkansas|Ark]][[Louisiana|La]][[Texas|Tex]] chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, later named the Society of Professional Journalists. In 1967, he began writing "A Nit-Picker's Notebook," a critique indicating spelling, grammar, and style errors for the staff. In I982, "A Nit-Picker's Notebook'' became a regular column in ''The Times'' and ran until 2014, long after Lazarus had retired.<ref name=obit/>

Lazarus joined ''The Shreveport Times'' in 1944 as 17-year-old copy boy and retired in 1992 at the age of sixty-four as the managing editor. Before the editorship, he had worked as a reporter, copy editor, sportswriter, telegraph editor, and news editor. He was a former president of the Louisiana-[[Mississippi]] Associated Press Association and a board member of the AP Managing Editors Association. He was a charter member and president of the [[Arkansas|Ark]][[Louisiana|La]][[Texas|Tex]] chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, later named the Society of Professional Journalists. In 1967, he began writing "A Nit-Picker's Notebook," a critique indicating spelling, grammar, and style errors for the staff. In I982, "A Nit-Picker's Notebook" became a regular column in ''The Times'' and ran until 2014, long after Lazarus had retired.<ref name=obit/>

Judy Christie, a former ''Times'' editor called Lazarus "the finest wordsmith I ever knew and an editor until the very end.  He said his interest in grammar and typos began at birth when his first name was misspelled ... on his birth certificate..<ref name=wordsmith>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2020/05/18/former-times-managing-editor-allan-lazarus-dies/5216866002/|title=Former Times Managing Editor Allan Lazarus dies at 92|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Scott Ferrell|date=May 18, 2020|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> Kathie Coffey Rowell, a former ''Times'' features editor, said that Lazarus "wanted your best, but he got it by coaching, not criticizing. One of the most important things  I learned from him - details count, no matter how small."<ref name=wordsmith/>

Judy Christie, a former ''Times'' editor called Lazarus "the finest wordsmith I ever knew and an editor until the very end.  He said his interest in grammar and typos began at birth when his first name was misspelled ... on his birth certificate..<ref name=wordsmith>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2020/05/18/former-times-managing-editor-allan-lazarus-dies/5216866002/|title=Former Times Managing Editor Allan Lazarus dies at 92|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Scott Ferrell|date=May 18, 2020|accessdate=May 20, 2020}}</ref> Kathie Coffey Rowell, a former ''Times'' features editor, said that Lazarus "wanted your best, but he got it by coaching, not criticizing. One of the most important things  I learned from him - details count, no matter how small."<ref name=wordsmith/>