I’ve received some welcome attention from media lately, mostly because of my holiday letter, which acknowledged my terminal cancer.
Daniel Finney, a longtime friend who’s a Des Moines Register columnist, wrote his Christmas Day column about Mimi and me, after interviewing us both.
Another old friend, Paul Stevens, noted the Finney piece in his Connecting newsletter, which prompted some praise in a subsequent edition of Connecting from John Lumpkin, yet another old friend.
Next came an interview Tuesday evening with Jim Engster on the Louisiana Radio Network.
Also Tuesday, Current published a story I wrote about journalism ethics and community involvement.
Update: Sunday, Jan. Matt Hansen’s column in the Omaha World-Herald was about Mimi (and men who command women they don’t even know to “Smile!”). But I got a mention.
I listened to your radio interview last night and was riveted by the conversation. You are so incredibly generous in your willingness to bring others along on your tough journey, and you do all of this with such generosity of spirit and grace. So honored to be your friend. Melissa
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Thanks for those kind word, Melissa!
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God Bless you and your entire family, Steve…
Stay inspiring.
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Godspeed in your journey, Steve and I admire your courage in your battle as well as your dedication to journalism education.
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I delight in your thinking, and will enjoy it as long as I get to. We live until we do not (something I have come to via my partner’s prostate cancer). It is an honor to be on your WordPress list.
Love to you and Mimi,
Janette
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PS Steve, for your convenience, I have pasted in an editoriaal comment here.
{to tpmintegrity.org, re: “Journaalists Don’t Have to be Sidelined …” http://current.org/2017/01/journalists-dont-have-to-be-sidelined-from-community-involvement/}
‘I appreciate the nuances and thought that go into raising good questions, like those in this article.
‘Moreover, it got me thinking about whether we will live bold or live afraid. I especially appreciated the article’s quote of a journalist mentioning how the public ‘can take’ journalists having opinions. Yes. Thank you.
‘When the outspoken Keith Olbermann an Edward R Murrow award for outstanding journalism, that win should have spoken louder than his ‘trumped-up-excuses’ firing … silencing. I am afraid, however, that might not have been the case.
‘As a member of the public, I will just say, “Don’t underestimate your audience,” to those journalists that are truly thinking through these questions.
‘Glad you are here,
‘Janette Brown
‘Seattle, WA’
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