Liz Smith (journalist) Smith later moved to New York City, where she worked as a typist, proofreader, and reporter before she broke into the media world as a news producer for Mike Wallace at CBS Radio. She spent five years as a news producer for NBC-TV. She also worked for Allen Funt on "Candid Camera". In the late 1950s, Smith worked as a ghostwriter for the popular "Cholly Knickerbocker" gossip column that appeared in the Hearst newspapers. After leaving that column in the early 1960s she went to work for Helen Gurley Brown as the entertainment editor for the American version of "Cosmopolitan",
James Brown (editor) Magazine Editors' "Editors' Editor of the Year" award for his work on the title. In a 1997 "Independent" interview, Brown expressed pride in his accomplishment in beginning "Loaded", stating, "The facts are there. I started the most influential magazine in Britain in the last 10 years and made my last company millions and millions and millions of pounds after an outlay of virtually nothing, and I've got something like six or seven major publishing awards." In 1997 Brown left "Loaded" for the British edition of "GQ". He launched the "Man of the Year" Awards and hired the then-unknown chef Jamie