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extremely limited resources (time, staff, money) of a small, rural weekly. Inevitably, there’s always somebody upset at the paper about something. That comes with the job, and a professional editor—as Mary Ann was and is—simply swallows hard and digs in to getting the next issue out. Anyone who ever drove by and saw the lights burning in the News’ office around midnight bn Monday or Tuesday knew that’s what Mary Ann was doing.
A newspaper that never upsets anyone is not doing its job. It’s just avoiding the controversial issues that exist everywhere. A great newspaper editor of the 19th century, William Allen White of
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