I went to college with a lot of people who became TV journalists, and one of the things we liked to talk about was George…
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Although we don’t write news stories to please elected officials, oftentimes they like them. That’s fine by me. We try to do a good job…
We are pretty excited around The Columbian about this coming Tuesday. It is not about the primary election, although election night does make a journalist’s…
OK, I probably deserved what happened on Monday. After telling you last week that we were predictably in the middle of the summer news doldrums,…
Although you wouldn’t know it by the weather, we are in the middle of the summer news season. I feel like a meteorologist this time…
It almost feels like the old band is getting back together. A few months ago, I got a call from Jeff Mize, for many years…
Like most managers, I try to keep up on the news in my industry. Because journalism is in a state of flux (that’s the polite…
The “Breaking News” appeared on the top of Page A5 in the May 24 edition of The Columbian: “In November 1963, a shocking turn of…
Back in the 1980s, The Columbian sent a reporter and photographer to cover every local high school commencement ceremony. As a freelance writer at the…