Conversation so far:
How did Hecht do as a journalist?
By age seventeen Hecht was a full-time reporter, first with the Daily Journal, and later Chicago Daily News. He was an excellent reporter who worked on several Chicago papers.
Was Ben Hecht a good correspondent?
According to Barbara and Scott Siegel, Besides being a war reporter, he was noted for being a tough crime reporter.

Question: What else did he do as a journalist?
Self-contained rewrite: What else did Ben Hecht do as a journalist besides being a correspondent?