Most of Whiteside's published books are
non-fiction works, with an
activism focus. One book,
Alone Through the Dark Sea is a collection of stories about lonely voyagers.
Published books •
The Relaxed Sell: A Humorous Account of Advertising in the U.S.A.,
Oxford University Press, 1954 •
The Big Puff, Constable, 1955 •
The Tunnel Under the Channel, Simon and Schuster, 1962 •
Alone Through the Dark Sea, Braziller, 1964, •
An Agent in Place: the Wennerström Affair,
Viking Press, 1966 (reprint,
Ballantine Books, 1983, ) •
Twiggy and Justin,
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968, •
Defoliation, Ballantine Books, 1970, • ''The Withering Rain: America's Herbicidal Folly'', Dutton, 1971, •
Selling Death: Cigarette Advertising and Public Health, Liveright, 1971, •
The Investigation of Ralph Nader: General Motors vs One Determined Man, Pocket Books (1972), •
Computer Capers: Tales of Electronic Thievery, Embezzlement, and Fraud, Ty Crowell Co., 1978, , 1st printing. 2nd printing, 1979, . 3rd printing, . •
The Pendulum and the Toxic Cloud: The Course of Dioxin Contamination,
Yale University Press (September 10, 1979),
New Yorker articles • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "The Relaxed Sell", 26 May 1950. • Where Are They Now?: "The Amphibious Pen", 9 February 1951. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "No Lobster Men from Neptune", 22 February 1952. • The Talk of the Town: "After Ball Points, What?", 4 April 1952. • That Was New York: "Better and Better.", 8 May 1953. • Profiles: "The Communicator. Profile of Sylvester L. Weaver Jr." part one, 8 October 1954. • Profiles: "The Communicator. Profile of Sylvester L. Weaver Jr." part two, 15 October 1954. • Profiles: "Holy Smokestacks, What a Mess", 16 March 1956. • The Talk of the Town: "Adjustment", 17 January 1958. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "Getting There First With Tranquility.", 25 April 1958. • Profiles: "A Powerful Sense of His Duty", 5 December 1958. • Profiles: "The Time is Twenty-One After.", 28 August 1959. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "The Selling Season: We'll Think About it, Dave", 17 June 1960. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "II – The Selling Season: The Massest Medium", 24 June 1960. • The Talk of the Town: "Horwitt's Horologe", 13 January 1961. • The Talk of the Town: "Testing Ringdoves", 7 April 1961. • A Reporter at Large: "The Tunnel in the Chalk" part one, 10 November 1961. • A Reporter at Large: "The Tunnel in the Chalk" part two, 70 November 1961. • Comment: On Times Magazine's article on Robert J. Shriver, Peace Corpsman No. 1-A, 29 December 1961. • Profiles: "The One-Ton Pencil", 9 February 1962. • The Talk of the Town: "Telstar", 27 July 1962. • The Talk of the Town: "In Homage", 21 September 1962. • Annals of Migration: "Something Wrong with the Island.", 1 November 1963. • A Reporter at Large: "A Cloud of Smoke", 22 November 1963. • The Talk of the Town: "
Brian Epstein, Beatle Man", 20 December 1963. • The Talk of the Town: "Sister", 6 March 1964. • Comment: On the wording of Kent Cigarettes' advertisement on the back of the Times, 6 March 1964. • Annals of Business: "The Soap Conflict", 11 December 1964. • The Talk of the Town: "Pad 19", 26 March 1965. • The Talk of the Town: regarding a visit to Cape Kennedy to watch Roy Neal's CBS Broadcast of the launch, 26 March 1965. • The Talk of the Town: "Heliport", 24 December 1965. • Annals of Espionage: "An Agent in Place." part one, 18 March 1966. • The Talk of the Town: "Anti-Heliporters", 25 March 1966. • Annals of Espionage: "An Agent in Place." part two, 25 March 1966. • Television: "Ooh, the Head!", 10 June 1966. • The Talk of the Town: "Victorygraph", 28 October 1966. • A Reporter at Large: "A Super New Thing", 27 October 1967. • The Talk of the Town: "Nice Little Cab", 26 July 1968. • Comment: On CBS' broadcast of Richard Nixon's arrival in Miami, 8 November 1968. • The Talk of the Town: "Transfer", 4 July 1969. • The Talk of the Town: "Superjet", 1 August 1969. • Annals of Television: "The Man from Iron City.", 19 September 1969. • The Talk of the Town: "Moratorium", 17 October 1969. • A Reporter at Large: "Defoliation.", 30 January 1970. • Dept. of Amplification. 6 March 1970. • Dept. of Amplification. 12 June 1970. • Dept. of Amplification. 26 June 1970. • Annals of Advertising: "Cutting Down", 11 December 1970. • Dept. of Amplification. 6 August 1971. • The Talk of the Town: "Tea with Twiggy", 10 December 1971. • Comment: On the Dept. of Defense withdrawing Agent Orange from being handed over to the South Vietnamese, 11 February 1972. • Profiles: "I – A Countervailing Force", 30 September 1973. • Profiles: "II – A Countervailing Force", 7 October 1973. • Profiles: "Dashin' About", 17 February 1974. • Comment: On the Academy of Sciences report about Agent Orange and on the defoliant's use in Vietnam, 17 March 1974. • A Reporter at Large: "Smoking Still", 10 November 1974. • Annals of Television: "Shaking the Tree", 9 March 1975. • A Reporter at Large: "Anything Adverse?", 13 April 1975. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "Din-Din', 24 October 1976. • A Reporter at Large: "Tomatoes", 16 January 1977. • The Talk of the Town: "Fireplace Man", 24 April 1977. • The Talk of the Town: "Frost vs Nixon: A Trial on TV", 8 May 1977. • Comment: On R.J. Reynolds new brand "Real" and the ad campaign for it. 19 June 1977. • A Reporter at Large: "The Pendulum and the Toxic Cloud", 17 July 1977. • Annals of Crime: "Dead Souls in the Computer – I", 14 August 1977. • The Talk of the Town: "Encyclopedists", 25 September 1977. • The Talk of the Town: "Digitizing", 6 November 1977. • Dept. of Amplification. 4 December 1977. • A Reporter at Large: "Contaminated", 27 August 1978. • Comment: On dioxin contamination downstream of Dow Chemical in MI. 10 December 1978. • The Talk of the Town: Letter. 8 April 1979. • Dept. of Amplification. 15 April 1979. • Comment: On the use of "risk-benefit assessment" where it concerns companies benefiting over the health of the public. 13 May 1979. • The Talk of the Town: "Inputs", 23 March 1980. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "I – The Blockbuster Complex", 21 September 1980. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "II – The Blockbuster Complex", 28 September 1980. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "III – The Blockbuster Complex", 5 October 1980. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "I – Cable", 12 May 1985. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "I – Cable", 19 May 1985. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "I – Cable", 26 May 1985. • Television: "Soviet TV", 8 September 1985. • Onward and Upward With the Arts: "Standups", 24 November 1985. • Annals of Business: "C.E.O., T.V.", 28 June 1987. • Annals of the Cold War: "I – The Yellow-Rain Complex", 3 February 1991. • Annals of the Cold War: "II – The Yellow-Rain Complex", 10 February 1991.
Columbia Journalism Review • "Corridor of Mirrors: the television editorial process, Chicago", Winter 1968–1969. Reprinted December 20, 2021.
Unpublished papers Columbia University Libraries has a collection of papers once belonging to Whiteside. The bulk of it is professional in nature: research, photographs, and notes for his articles and books. There are, however, personal papers, dating from 1940 through 1995 as well. ==References==