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From the dark center of the Eagle newsroom, greetings. I'm Gary Catt, executive editor of Eagle Newspapers. I've come to this calling after a career that's swerved through a half-dozen daily newspapers and an ad agency that was once the world's largest. Along the way I've written or edited most everything and an I've guided successful strategies around times of difficulty for Fortune 50 companies. My job here is to make sure that when you pick up your Eagle community newspaper it's a like a walk down main street, spotting faces you know; discovering news you need to know.

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The Past Roars Back

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A little more than a year ago, a resume crossed my desk at the Palladium Times in Oswego where I was the editor before stepping up to this position. The applicant had written rec sports for the paper and was then studying at Cayuga Community College. I remember getting up from my desk and walking to the doorway of my office. Across the newsroom, I barked to the sports editor. "Hey, you know this Gosek guy?"
The sports editor rolled his eyes.
"Yep."
"Well, how'd he do with rec stuff?," I asked.
The questioning went on for a two or three more rounds before it dawned on me.
"Is he...?"
"Yep."
He was the son of the former mayor who had run into trouble and was jailed.
The moment did -- quite literally -- leave me flummoxed...

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TAGS: journalism, Oswego

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