Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting
Even as an anchor and a celebrity, he always retained the core qualities of a reporter, notes a fellow television newsman. Cronkite was the last who knew how to set a national agenda by telling viewers what to think about, not what to think.
One more bit of evidence: this year's class of Nieman Fellows has only one journalist from a major paper
The former reporter and Olympia resident sets his books in small towns in Western Washington, creating indelible characters with rare abilities to see hidden things
The city prizes its tolerance of gays, so those trying to recall Mayor Sam Adams will have to walk a fine line
Bruce Shepard is getting good marks for transparency and cutting the money-draining WWU football program. But the budget cuts keep coming and some are wondering where exactly he wants to take the Bellingham university.
