Published Wednesday, April 4, 2001
BY MARY VUONG
ASNE Reporter
Today's question: In your journalism career, who has been an inspiration?
“My boss, Bob McGruder—he’s the executive editor of the Detroit Free Press. He has been battling cancer and going through serious treatments. At the same time he has stayed completely on top of managing things. I couldn’t imagine anyone more remarkable. It is incredibly inspiring when I see someone coping with that kind of trauma and still be able to run a daily metropolitan newspaper and staff.” – Carole Leigh Hutton, managing editor Detroit Free Press
“Alan Bussell, a journalism professor at Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University). He was the first person I knew who worked at a newspaper, and he not only taught me the basics, but he told me more about the experience of working for a newspaper. I remember his red pen—he edited me heavily. When I had turned in what I thought was pristine copy, he made me realize I had a lot to learn.” – Wanda S. Lloyd, executive director Institute for Newsroom Diversity, The Freedom Forum
“Tim Kelly and Bob Burdick. They taught me a hell of a lot about news judgment. I just learned tons about making news decisions and thinking fresh.” – Terry Greenberg, editor The Elkhart Truth (Ind.)
"Gregory Favre, vice president of news for The McClatchy Co., for his unrelenting integrity." – Tim J. McGuire, editor Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
“For the last decade I have been looking to the leadership of women, particularly women who are top editors. That includes Sandra Mims Rowe, editor of The Oregonian, to a woman who was influential at a pivotal point in my career, (former editor of The Des Moines Register) Geneva Overholser.” – Cynthia A. Tucker, editorial page editor The Atlanta Constitution
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