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More than a title

Body More than a title When I first started this writing gig last June, at the time I honestly didn’t think I’d still be here over a year. I knew I liked writing and I needed a job.
More than a title

Adult friendships

Body Doing things your younger self loved is a happy way to thank yourself for how far you’ve come. For example, last week I invited my friends over for a “slumber party” like we used to do in high school. There were many differences from then to now.
Adult friendships

Letter to editor:

Body Editor, Regarding the last hearing, and approval, of the new RV park being built on 10 highway west of Richmond: When you’re making your presentation to your county government, and the strongest advocates speaking on behalf of the developers are your elected county commissioners...

How to be a Sunshine Law hero

Body Say you’re a citizen and you want to put in your first Sunshine Law request – which is necessary if you want to apply the Sunshine Law to local record keepers in the city or county. The most important way to request any form would be to submit it in writing or online.
How to be a Sunshine Law

POSTSCRIPT

Body Carrie Classon’s, “Blue Yarn: A Memoir,” is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other fine stores. Learn more at CarrieClasson.
POSTSCRIPT

Local news is alive

Body There’s been a lot of hand-wringing in recent years about the death of local newspapers, those bastions of democracy and chroniclers of community.
Local news is alive

Storms pass

Body For things to stand and not topple over, there is an equilibrium and balance. Balance means “an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady,” according to the Oxford Dictionary.
Storms pass

This week, and every week, newspapers are for you

Body Americans have more media options than ever. We are inundated with stories, memes, videos and promotions 24 hours a day. Most of us are on social media, which is built to provide an endless feed of content to keep us glued to our screens.
	This week, and every week, newspapers are for you

Sunshine Law acknowledged

Body Knowledge is power, and after going to the 157th Annual Missouri Press Association (MPA) Convention, this journalist feels like Supergirl.
Sunshine Law acknowledged

Newspaper pressures

Body Working at a newspaper has a unique type of pressure. The pressure is not in the way you may think entirely. When someone thinks of “workplace pressure,” they tend to think your boss is nagging at you.
Newspaper pressures
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