Suzanne Yack: My Sam

Posted by Editor on Jul 9, 2010 in Sams on Sams blog | 4 comments

I had this publisher once. He was new at his job, I was new at mine. I had two kids in middle school and probably bit off more than I could chew stepping up to run the newsroom during a tectonic shift in management.

Now my publisher was young, ambitious, smart and occasionally brash, and he set standards for conduct. His ethical approach to news was admirable — he came from the news side of the business. I can’t even remember what it was I did that got me called into his office one day. He was never shy about calling things like they were. I probably let some story go through without having it fairly told from both sides. A snarky headline or perhaps something I said out in the community that made its way back to him.