In 2014, I was very excited when Florida Times-Union Newspaper Editor Joe DeSalvo called and asked (since I lived in Jacksonville Beach) if I would like to be a regular contributor to the Shorelines section – a special section that appeared each Saturday for beaches subscribers.
For me, it also meant an opportunity to return to my roots as a reporter – my initial profession out of college when I worked for CNN Radio in Atlanta and the Dallas Business Journal in Texas – so it was an immediate “yes.”
But, as they say, all good things must come to an end.
Over the last 12 years, the opportunity to be a freelancer gave me the chance to work with many great editors at the Florida Times-Union including Joe (who also offered me assignments to write for the ‘Drive’ section of the newspaper periodically) and my most recent, Anne Hammock.
With Shorelines, I also had the privilege to meet many interesting people who make the beaches special and also capture the history of the beaches’ growth and development in real time.
All that said, here were some of my favorite articles that made it through the editors!