Behind the Bylines: Thank you to the local press

Behind the Bylines: Thank you to the local press

This week, many of us made lists of things we are grateful for. We offered thanks for our families, friends, our health, and for the little moments of comfort and calm that we find in what sometimes feels like increasingly unstable times. Not surprisingly to most readers of this column, I would add one more group of people to that gratitude list: local reporters. We often talk about them as “the press” or “the media,” as if they are distant and …

Behind the Bylines: Thank you to the local press

This week, many of us made lists of things we are grateful for. We offered thanks for our families, friends, our health, and for the little moments of comfort and calm that we find in what sometimes feels like increasingly unstable times. Not surprisingly to most readers of this column, I would add one more group of people to that gratitude list: local reporters. We often talk about them as “the press” or “the media,” as if they are distant and …