“Treasure your time as a local news reporter. Your community reporting is likely to have a greater effect on readers than anything else you will ever write, no matter where your journalism career may take you.” – Bruce DeSilvia in “The Straight Scoop: An Expert Guide to Great Community Journalism”
I write this article, my very last as news editor at the Sentinel, with sadness but also thankfulness—thankfulness for the last three years and for all that lies ahead as I pursue other career opportunities. While I won’t be moving away (this is my home, I hope, for the rest of my life), I do know that I will miss the regular interactions with readers and interviewees alike.
I spent most of December trying to decide how to describe these last three years and three months (or 166 editions of the Sentinel) of my life in a way that would capture just how honored I am to have been in this job, but even as I edit this one last time before we print, I don’t know if my words will suffice…