Reporter Dyana Z. Furmansky contributed to The New York Times covering Colorado issues from 1981 to 2003, co-authored "Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature from the Conservationists" and currently writes for Desert Leaf Magazine in Tucson. She spoke with Sopris Sun Contributing Editor James Steindler about joining Carbondale's weekly nonprofit newspaper as a freelancer.