Telling Our Stories
Front page
Wall in Sun lobby with quotes from A. S. Abell and H.L. Mencken.

Photo by Greg Auerweck

 

The Copy Editor
An epic poem from the perspective of an out-of-work copy editor.

An S on his chest
An enterprise reporter was honored to wield the power of one of the nation’s largest newspapers.

Black homo blues
A young black man tries to cross a gaping cultural canyon in a staid features department.

Behind the lens
Just a sampling from thousands of amazing moments in the life of a photographer.

H.L. Mencken said reporting was the life of kings. A reporter and a photographer here share some fond stories, but a black critic tells of struggling to gain the acceptance of his editors and a copy editor sadly examines the decline of his profession.

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The Copy Editor
Black homo blues
Behind the lens
Into the muck

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