Caldwell retires as SR opinion editor

Bert Caldwell, who retired as editorial page editor of The Spokesman-Review Friday, penned some thoughts about his career before he went out the door:

I’m retired. After almost 32 years with The Spokesman-Review and 38 years as a professional journalist, I shared cake Friday with some of the co-workers whose dedication to truth-telling has been a daily inspiration. What could be better than a room full of journalists who are smarter, cannier, funnier and more caffeine-crazed than you? And sometimes they bring doughnuts. My good fortune started with my first job with the weekly Cut Bank (Mont.) Pioneer Press in 1978. I was so broke I had to borrow $300 from my folks to fix my 1972 Pinto, and had to get an advance on my first week’s salary so I wouldn’t have to sleep in it. More here.

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