This is today's Springfield News-Leader in Missouri; click on the image for a bigger view. The paper was one of many marking the fifth anniversary, today, of the Iraq war's start.The News-Leader focuses on one family's story; I especially like the photography: After being badly injured in a mine explosion, soldier Bobby Lisek was so despondent after returning home that he considered suicide. But against considerable odds, he fell in love with a woman, Mary Grace, who was helping nurse him back to better health. "This is just God's way of telling you it's time for you to take your pack off and be happy now,'' Lisek's mother told him.
The News-Leader at a glance:
- Publisher: Thomas Bookstaver
- Editor: Don Wyatt
- Founded: 1867
- Joined Gannett: 1977
- Employees: 380
- Circulation: 55,666 (morning), 79,517 (Sunday)
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Tom Bookstaver used to be in Appleton, a paper with nearly 500 employees. It would be interesting to map out which papers get the rising stars, and which ones get the folks who needed more seasoning.
ReplyDeleteBe sure to give credit where credit is due. If there is anything worthwhile in the news pages, it has NOTHING to do with Bookstaver or Wyatt. It's the dedicated folks in the newsroom, such as ME Cheryl Whitsitt and Photo Editor Dean Curtis (who both have more than 15 years at the paper), that make the News-Leader what it is.
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