Eye On Olympia Hanging ‘Em Up

(The Olympia) press corps is losing another one … and this time, it’s me. After nearly 9 years covering Olympia for an Eastern Washington audience, I’m taking a public-affairs job with the state insurance commissioner’s office. I love what I do, and am deeply grateful to the Spokesman-Review and to everyone who’s clicked on this blog or read my stories. But given the worrisome state of newspapers — round after round of layoffs, a pay cut, a furlough — it would have felt irresponsible to not jump at a job that feels like a good fit and a new opportunity/ Rich Roesler , Eye On Olympia. More here .

DFO: I’ve known Rich since he came to work for the Coeur d’Alene office years ago. He left here to join Stars & Stripes in the Orient. Where he met and married his lovely wife. Nine years ago, he returned to the SR as our Olympia bureau chief. He handled that job every bit as well as our Boise dynamo Betsy Russell handles hers. He’s a top-notch journalist. And a top-notch human. His departure is another sign that the industry I love is in deep doo.