February 22, 2012

Newspaper carrier rescues stranded online journalist after 2 tow trucks refuse:

At the last minute of desperation I flagged down a guy in a minivan, hoping he would rescue me.

He did.

While tossing the daily news that we take for granted, in the then-current arctic blast in Cincinnati, he helped me continue my route, while disrupting his own. …

I am re-upping my Enquirer subscription after 20 years because newsmen and women, from the top down, never die. And sometimes they make the difference in a guy’s life, which happened that day.

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Julie Moos (jmoos@poynter.org) has been Director of Poynter Online and Poynter Publications since 2009. Previously, she was Editor of Poynter Online (2007-2009) and Poynter Publications…
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