On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Patricia Gallagher Newberry. She’s an enterprise and watchdog reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer who began her journalism career as a student at the University of Nebraska in 1979.

There’s an interesting career path here – Reporting until 1997 and then, after dealing with repetitive strain injuries, a transition to being a professor at Miami of Ohio, where she worked for 25 years.

And then retiring from that and back to reporting. It all comes full circle.

Patricia talked about her work in academia, including a series of classes she created and why she felt it so important to return to reporting. She provided examples of stories she’s covering, including that of a Ukranian family that escaped from the war, and a prominent murder trial that had her doing the kind of coverage she never had before.

Throughout the conversation, Patricia offered advice, including

- Listen to your professors!

- Find a specialty

- Never burn bridges

- Have productive conversations with your editors about coverage

Patricia’s salute: Society for Professional Journalists (she’s a past president)

Her work can be found at:

https://www.cincinnati.com/staff/6972893001/patricia-gallagher-newberry/

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