The Writing of Bill Lucey, Journalist

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        Gloomy news about the newspaper industry keeps piling up.

        Today we learned the Rocky Mountain News will be publishing its final edition tomorrow

        It's interesting to note that on the day Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced (according to this Washington Post  report) he will end a ban on pictures being taken of flag-draped coffins, in 2006, Todd Heisler, when he was with the Rocky Mountain News was awarded a Pulitzer for his heartbreaking behind-the-scenes  look at funerals for Colorado Marines who returned from Iraq in caskets. 

        Can the industry afford to lose many more such dedicated newspapers like the Rocky Mountain News?

Bill Lucey
wplucey@gmail.com

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