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June 6, 2023 A Reporter’s Life by Walter Cronkite New York: Ballantine Books, 1997 For the amusement and inspiration of the two reporters in the family. This was what my aunt wrote at…
February 10, 2023 My Dad’s Bookshelf My dad started out as a journalist. He worked for Associated Press at the Times-Colonist building in Victoria. At times he was a legislative…