The Tears of a Veteran Newspaper Reporter

Choked up by the current state of his profession.

When syracuse.com recently summarized a list of winners at the Syracuse Press Club’s annual awards banquet, they led with a mention of their own Tim Knauss (pictured). The longtime Syracuse Post-Standard reporter, who covers government and public spending, received the Selwyn Kershaw Professional Standards Award.

However, syracuse.com left out one important detail with regards to Knauss. For that, we turn to a report today by the Syracuse New Times:

Knauss began his April 30 speech at the Syracuse Press Club awards dinner by asking how many copy editors were in the room.

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