Writers
The First Amendment’s Last Chance
John Herring
I became a journalist late in my life, finding the path only after over 25 years of woodworking. I was an apprentice at 16, started boatbuilding at 18, and from there my career that became increasingly distant from the wood itself as I rose to management and later ownership of a custom furniture shop. After a decade of the shop moving toward factory production to compete with furniture conglomerates I became burned out. I got to the point where every day at 6 PM my hand would curl into a sort of alcoholic claw that fit perfectly around a rocks glass.
Excellence in Reporting At All Costs
Malachi Pasquino
As a child, I had an insatiable thirst for the truth. Fictional narratives could never hold my attention like a raw and hardy news story. When I got older I took every opportunity to be involved with news organizations in high school and I eventually studied journalism at university. Later, my interest in truth-seeking took a stronger hold on my life and I began to do deep-dive investigative pieces to better understand the intricacies of the world around me. My journey has taken me to the highest highs and lowest lows of the human experience. These days I find myself drawn to the banality of everyday life and the nuances of what divides us as a national and international community.
More Content Is Better Always
Motto Desk — Emeritus Correspondent
Francis Rathman
My priorities in life are like those of many a great American, Faith, Country, San Jose State Spartans Football, and God. Though I might have my own myopic take on how the world turns, I really pride myself on being able to cut out the noise to find some absolute truth in whatever the news might bring, on any given day. My deepest hope is that readers, in turn, will really pride themselves, along with me, through the content that I expose to them.
Desk
Senior Editor
The Senior Editor files the stories that arrive already vibrating. When a Quick Sync becomes a Chronarch, when a decorative menace requires lamination, when Fugglers wash ashore under a war-crimes heading—this desk does not flinch. It publishes.
Voice of Voss
Letters Desk
Norma Voss
Norma Voss answers reader mail for the Voice of Voss column.