BJ Alums

DEDICATED TO BJ ALUMS FOUNDER HARRY LIGGETT 1930-2014, BJ NEWSROOM LEGEND 1965-1995, AND TO JOHN OLESKY JR., 1932-2024, BJ MAINSTAY 1969-1996 AND BLOG EDITOR 2014-2024. Blog for retired and former Beacon Journal employees and other invited guests.

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Friday, October 26, 2018

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14 jobs available at Washington Post The Washington Post has 14 job openings for reporters, editors ad videographers to expand its te...

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

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Dave Hertz and Beth Thomas Hertz, who met at the BJ, are celebrating their 25 th wedding anniversary today. Or, at Beth puts it: ...

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BJ Advertising Art retiree Mike Williams and wife Jane are keeping a wary eye out for Hurricane Willa, which slowed down a bit from Cate...

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Before Jane Snow came along, there was Glenna Snow as the BJ’s super food writer. In between was Polly Paffilas, Charlene Nevada an...

Sunday, October 21, 2018

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Former BJ artist John "Derf" Backderf, a graphic novelist ("My Friend Dahmer") and pioneer underground cartoonist (v...

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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BJ daughters connect in Indiana Do you have a photo of Lou Albert to give his daughter? Remember Lou Albert? Dawn Wilson, th...

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PD and former BJ pop culture critic Mark Dawidziak, my TV critic when I was Television Editor inside Ol’ Blue Walls for the final 16 yea...

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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From left: Paula Tucker, John Olesky, Sharon Downing Sharing memories with Sharon Downing Paula Tucker and I had another enjoyable di...

Tuesday, October 09, 2018

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Playwright Neil Simon came up with “The Good Doctor,” built on the foundation of writings by legendary Russian Anton Chekhov, in 1973...

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