Burlington Free Press State House reporter Terri Hallenbeck posted this on Facebook today:
"Twenty-five years ago this week I started my newspaper career at the Norwich, N.Y., Evening Sun." Congratulations Ms. Hallenbeck for surviving and thriving in a challenging industry.
Knowing the fortunes of evening newspapers over the last quarter century, I googled the paper, mostly to see if it is still publishing. And yes, it is - five times a week, the "hometown paper of Chenango County." You can check it out at http://www.evesun.com/.
Naturally some current and former reporters made reference to their first jobs, including yours truly. I was a second-shift intern at the Free Press, sitting next to a grizzled police reporter who would (in frustration sometimes) bail the kid out of the messes he got himself into. His name was Mike Donoghue - wonder whatever happened to him?
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