Those who have followed this column know that one word has been dominant: context.
Too often events are shared as singular occurrences, leaving the impression that there is no ability to learn from previous experiences, consequences or achievements. The saying that history repeats itself is true.
Years ahead there is hope that journalists at this newspaper and readers of the content written by these journalists – regardless of how it is accessed – will remember the lessons from the Times Free Press newsroom during its first decade.
By looking back, there may be an opportunity to realize that the wheel did not need to be reinvented, or better yet, to share with those readers the community connection from earlier years.
On the list of firsts for the Times Free Press are these experiences.