Jay
Retired journalist wants to share knowledge
I am a native of Houston who spent 40 years as a journalist, starting as a reporter and later becoming a copy editor. This job involved doing the final edit on news stories and writing headlines and photo captions. At some papers, I also designed pages and oversaw production in the composing room before that department was made obsolete by computers. While working as an editor at The Dallas Morning News for almost 18 years, I wrote many articles for the paper on a freelance basis. Many re...