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When I graduated college
from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, with a
Technical Journalism degree, I set out on what would become a
15-year newspaper career, working in California at the Barstow
Desert-Dispatch and Antelope Valley Press, and as a
correspondent for
the San Diego Union-Tribune, and as sports editor in Nebraska at the
Scottsbluff
Star-Herald, (where I won awards for column, section and feature
story of the year in sports, and -- at right -- Breaking News story
of the Year from the AP for a fatal explosion at the biggest area
employer). I also worked in Colorado for the Rocky Mountain News, as a freelancer,
and for my hometown paper, the Colorado Springs Gazette.
While the places are
memorable, and in the case of Barstow, forgettable, for different
reasons, one thing all share are great stories about interesting
people. I often hear that I write about so many different events
(school board meetings, city council, courts, business) and sports
(you name it, I've written about it), how do I keep them straight? I
don't really ever write about anyTHING, I write about anyone,
and to me, the people are the story. The frailty and
strength of the human spirit usually tells the entire story -- I
just have get them to share, and the get the words in the right
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