AP’s Kenyon Made A Difference

In this 2013, file photo, Quane Kenyon serves as a substitute state senator in Boise. (SR File Photo: Betsy Z. Russell)

The death of Quane Kenyon is a good moment for AP staff, globally, to learn that one person makes an important difference. Yes, Boise, Idaho is a punchline to snarky New York comedians: far from the center of the universe, his stories may not often have set off alarm bells in newsrooms outside the AP region served through Salt Lake City. But for all those years, the AP’s reputation for solid reporting and dispassionate observation was safe in his hands. Editors relied on him and readers who never knew his name were well-served by him. That was implicit in his craftsmanship: never flashy, always reliable/ Dean Miller , former SR colleague in Coeur d’Alene office and Idaho Falls Register Guard editor. More here.

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