Summary
Many journalists, at some point in their careers, have had an “Ah-hah!” moment -- a sudden realization about the impact of their work or the work of their colleagues. Many of the journalists interviewed for the WNN report provided a single anecdote about an event that helped them understand and appreciate the power and purpose of journalism. We are sharing those epiphanies here.
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Editor, The Boston Globe Martin Baron was the new editor of The Boston Globe when his newsroom uncovered and documented a sad series of events that reverberated through New England and created global fall-out. |
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Publisher, The Boston Globe Christopher Mayer was an “I.T. guy” when reporters needed his help to tell a story, and he learned how teamwork makes all aspects of a daily newspaper work. |
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VP, New Media and Digital Operations , Portland Press Herald Tim Archambault discovered the enormity of news media influence when it was his job to provide statewide election results to the citizens of Maine. |
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Executive Editor, Portland Press Herald Scott Wasser was a young reporter at the Stuttgart Daily Leader in Stuttgart, Ark., when he found himself up to his ankles in alligators (or at least feared that could be the case), and the power of the press became clear to him. |
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Community Outreach Editor, The Concord Monitor Meg Heckman was writing her first “hard news” story for her college newspaper when she discovered how accurate reporting could suppress hearsay and rumors in a small community. |
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Editor, The Concord Monitor Felice Belman was a young reporter at the Concord Monitor when she tried to avoid stirring the grief surrounding a drowning death and realized she had missed an opportunity to tell a fuller story the community needed to hear. |
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Publisher, The Concord Monitor John Winn Miller learned how journalism could help re-shape state law after public education came under the scrutiny of a federal judge in Kentucky. |
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Digital Developer, Burlington Free Press David Farré’s epiphany came when he was a novice news photographer at The Daily Targum, his college newspaper at Rutgers, after a reporter commented on one of his pictures and everything came into focus. |
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Executive Editor, Burlington Free Press Michael Townsend sees his editor’s job as that of a “conveyer belt,” conveying key information to his community. It’s his job, he says, to make sure the information is shared on a “level playing field for all.” |
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Managing Editor, The Watertown Daily Times Bob Gorman tells how one day, covering the courts for a twice-weekly newspaper in South Carolina, a case of food stamp fraud led to a major investigation, and it became “a day when journalism mattered.” |
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