The Evening Blues - 8-10-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 08/10/2023 - 2:34pm

In the year 2014, working for IATSE Local 600, I was representing the news photographers working for television stations KING in Seattle and KGW in Portland. Both stations had been bought by Gannett the previous year, as part of the overall transformation of broadcasting from local ownership to conglomerate ownership. The last labor contracts negotiated with local ownership expired as of the end of 2014, and that year the new corporate beast changed its name to Tegna.

Stuff Grows
It's been a busy week! More than normal! Imagine someone you haven't seen in over 40 years (a friend/roommate from my early college days), or heard from in most of that time, suddenly contacting you, saying they are going to be in your area of the country for a very short time and wanting to meet up for lunch - yesterday. Yep, that's been my week. It's been great!





Another round of really bad weather across the southland and severe thunderstorms in the mid Atlantic states challenging the climate change skeptics to explain their position.


