Monthly Archives: January 2014
America, on the move
We dig maps, especially interactive maps, so when I stumbled upon a new interactive map showing state-to-state migration I just had to share. Above you can see a snapshot showing which state newcomers to Washington have come from, and which states are gaining people from Washington. If you see a brown dot on a state, that […]
Bye bye, Mr. Editor Guy
Columbian Assistant Metro Editor Dave Kern retired on Thursday after spending 33 years at the paper and about 40 years in the news business. As you might remember from our farewell to John Branton post, Dave would send off longtime employees with a parody song. That meant someone else would need to step up […]
Here are top 10 most-read stories of 2013
Journalists love top 10 lists as much as people like to read them, and there’s arguably no better time to publish such lists than the end of the year when we all like to reflect on the events that made us laugh, cry, scowl and pontificate. Recently, newsroom staffers compiled their annual list of top […]