A profile story on Jack Lessenberry, a member of the journalism faculty at Wayne State , includes his first meeting with Ben Burns, director of the journalism program. At the time, Burns was the executive editor at the Detroit News and had agreed to conduct a job interview with Lessenberry. The first time Lessenberry applied, Burns says, "he would have been on the city desk, and I thought the editors on the city desk wouldn't have known how to use him, and would have resented him for knowing more than they did. He does not suffer fools gladly, nor does he suffer working for fools." Burns did hire Lessenberry during a second interview attempt in 1982.