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 stated 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.
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 stated 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.