As a long time reader of High Country
News, I have become accustomed to your quality
journalism. Your feature-length investigative pieces are generally
excellent. At the same time, I often find myself growing weary of
all the negative environmental news. Such reports are undeniably
important, yet they begin to wear on the reader after a while.
What we need is more quality pieces like “The Owl and I”
in your Aug. 6 issue. Like its author, Melissa Hart, I am a
freelance writer and journalism professor. As such, I recognize and
appreciate quality writing.
Heart-warming, well-written
articles like Professor Hart’s provide a bit of balance and some
hope in a sometimes-grim world. The more pieces of that nature that
you find room to publish, the better High Country
News will become.
Glenn
Himebaugh
Murfreesboro,
Tennessee
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Owl right, we’ll try.
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