San Francisco Chronicle
"With your praise, comments or criticisms, try to keep everyone right and tight on the beam - just as you did me,"
Paul McHugh tells his readers. "Because as dissed and disregarded as major media might be by those who have a deep interest in shedding analysis and oversight, the priesthood of professional storytelling is something human society always has needed. Perhaps we need it now more than ever."
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Columnist Paynter reflects on 39 years at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (P-I)
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Retiring editor recalls being alone in newsroom when JFK was shot (NT)
