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Gazette Sale Timely Good News

After 30 years at the helm, Gazette Publisher Gordon Forgey announced last week his paper was sold to journalist Roger Harnack, a partner of Free Press Publishing based in Cheney, Wash. This is great news for a retiring publisher and even better news for Whitman County, a stay from joining America’s vast desert of “No News Zones.”

I met Harnack in 2012 when I joined the International Society of Weekly News Editors (ISWNE), a rowdy newspaper group that prides itself on upholding the tenets of community journalism and shining the spotlight on open government. ISWNE knows reporting and members hold each other accountable through peer reviews and a yearly editorial critique.

I tip my hat to you, Gordon. You did something I could not: sell your newspaper. This is an exciting time for both Harnack, Forgey and readers countywide.

Becky Dickerson,

Retired publisher Community Current Newspaper

 

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