So glad you wrote this Tory, and I'm very sorry to hear this. I inteviewed for a job at the North Scott Press with Bill in the early 1980s when I was at the Ames Tribune. He took me around Eldridge, showed me the town and chatted up folks he knew. Eldridge is really fine town. Ultimately the Tribune made a counteroffer and I stayed in Ames for another year or so.
I spent a great day with Bill and in that brief time I could really see he was not only a community journalist but a real citizen journalist. Folks respected him and understood his job and the mission of his paper. We do so need people like Bill and publications like his. They are part of the very fiber of our communities. And it takes folks like you to convey stories about folks like Bill to hold up that standard for folks in our profession to aspire to. As long as you do that, we have hope. Thank you.
Thank you for writing this, it gave me one more view of the great Bill Tubbs. I got to know Bill through serving on the board of the INA. I could see that he had great insight and was a real icon in the newspaper industry. He will be greatly missed by those in the industry and I am certain those in his community.
So glad you wrote this Tory, and I'm very sorry to hear this. I inteviewed for a job at the North Scott Press with Bill in the early 1980s when I was at the Ames Tribune. He took me around Eldridge, showed me the town and chatted up folks he knew. Eldridge is really fine town. Ultimately the Tribune made a counteroffer and I stayed in Ames for another year or so.
I spent a great day with Bill and in that brief time I could really see he was not only a community journalist but a real citizen journalist. Folks respected him and understood his job and the mission of his paper. We do so need people like Bill and publications like his. They are part of the very fiber of our communities. And it takes folks like you to convey stories about folks like Bill to hold up that standard for folks in our profession to aspire to. As long as you do that, we have hope. Thank you.
Thank you for writing this, it gave me one more view of the great Bill Tubbs. I got to know Bill through serving on the board of the INA. I could see that he had great insight and was a real icon in the newspaper industry. He will be greatly missed by those in the industry and I am certain those in his community.
Nicely done, Tory.
Nicely done, Tory.
Gentle and a gentleman.
A hard-working, dedicated journalist. And Bill was one of the good guys. He will be missed.