June 15, 2019, 6:06am Clark County News
The “Breaking News” appeared on the top of Page A5 in the May 24 edition of The Columbian: Read story
June 8, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News
Back in the 1980s, The Columbian sent a reporter and photographer to cover every local high school commencement ceremony. As a freelance writer at the time, I picked up quite a few of these assignments. As I recall, they were pretty routine: Write a few sentences about what the speakers… Read story
May 25, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News
When an armed student entered Parkrose High School in Portland earlier this month, Keanon Lowe was the hero of the day. The former college football star, who works at the school, subdued the gunman. No one was injured. Read story
May 18, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
As I’ve written about before, newspapers have their own colorful lingo. One of the terms that you’ll hear frequently is “spot news.” These are the meat-and-potatoes stories about something that happened the day before: a car wreck, a school board meeting. I even wrote a spot news story this week… Read story
May 11, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
Signs of spring: Read story
April 27, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
My wife and I went to California to visit our daughter for Easter weekend, so when we got home from the airport on Monday, we didn’t have any food in the house. That made our decision a bit of a no-brainer: Hit every aisle at the Hazel Dell WinCo Foods… Read story
April 20, 2019, 6:05am Clark County News
Here’s a sentence I never thought I would write: Our newsroom is getting a little crowded. Read story
April 13, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
Here’s some fake news: The news media in America is doing well financially. Read story
March 30, 2019, 6:01am Clark County News
If you have lived in Clark County for awhile, you probably know what some of the local television news personalities look like. KOIN’s Dan Tilkin? Dark curly hair, 40s, blue eyes. KPTV’s Andy Carson? Blonde hair, soul patch, doesn’t like to wear ties. And so on. Depending on your viewing… Read story
March 23, 2019, 6:01am Clark County News
I looked back at my last few columns and decided they were just too serious. I don’t want to give the wrong impression about journalists. We’re serious about our jobs, but at the same time, we act kind of goofy. I can see the evidence as I sit at my… Read story