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.
What else did Ben Hecht do as a journalist besides being a correspondent?
In 1921, Hecht inaugurated a Daily News column called, One Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago.

Question: Was his column successful?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Ben Hecht's One Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago column successful?