October 12, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
Those of us who are lucky enough to still have jobs in the news media have to navigate a twisting, narrow path when it comes to deciding what information to report and when. Read story
September 28, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
I don’t get out much, but on Wednesday night I had a chance to participate in the monthly “Meaningful Movies” program at Ridgefield’s Old Liberty Theater. The subject was “Digital Disconnect,” a documentary based on the book of the same name by Robert McChesney, a communications professor at the University… Read story
September 21, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News
It’s been at least a decade since newspapers began to realize that the world, as they knew it, was ending. Read story
September 14, 2019, 6:03am Clark County News
Monday will be an exciting day around our newsroom, and a milestone for The Columbian. Read story
August 31, 2019, 6:03am Clark County News
I actually like Mondays. Mondays are one of the easier days of the week for me. The Sunday stories generally aren’t ready to be edited, and there aren’t too many meetings. Plus, I like to watch “Monday Night Football,” although I usually don’t get home from work until the second… Read story
August 24, 2019, 6:03am Clark County News
The news business runs a little bit like the airlines. We set a time schedule, then try like crazy every day to meet it. Read story
August 17, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
I went to college with a lot of people who became TV journalists, and one of the things we liked to talk about was George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” Thinking back, I now realize that we print journalists had our own dirty word: “partnerships.” As… Read story
August 10, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News
Although we don’t write news stories to please elected officials, oftentimes they like them. That’s fine by me. We try to do a good job of letting our readers know what’s going on with local government, pointing out the good things as well as the trouble spots. Read story
August 3, 2019, 6:02am Clark County News
We are pretty excited around The Columbian about this coming Tuesday. Read story
July 20, 2019, 6:00am Clark County News
OK, I probably deserved what happened on Monday. After telling you last week that we were predictably in the middle of the summer news doldrums, we had one of those crazy days. Read story