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Truly: We Want Our Sam The Reporter Back

Posted by DFO

Feb. 21, 2007 9:09 a.m. • 0 comments

Truly: DFO, can’t there be something done about bring back this kind of reporter (Sam Taylor) for the SR - Sam is one of a kind and a go getter- surely Steve Smith can see his talenants? I suppose there is a money issue here? but a reporter with this kind of go out and get em is sooo needed.

DFO: In my 37 years in the news biz, I’ve met few individuals like Sam who were born to be reporters. It’s in his DNA. I hated to see him go out the door when his internship was over. On the other hand, he’s better off for it. Sam was born and raised here. He needs to see how things are done at other papers. And to live elsewhere. I feel fortunate that I lived in three different states and worked for five different newspapers before coming to the SR. Some lousy. Two really good. The SR is in the second category. Sam will be Sam The Editor someday. I hope we grab him back before the big Puget Sound papers come calling.

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.