Every one of them is professionally talented, many with savvy in computer technology. Most were first hired from among dozens of job applicants. They had to be good. That's a level some of us non-Guilders think is so high it keeps real beginners from getting a tryout. Be that as it may, being a Star-Bulletin employee is something close to a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval in journalism.
Many people say they consider our paper the better one.
Yet the inexorable decline of evening newspapers nationwide is matched here. Our 67,000 today is little more than half that. Television, radio, niche papers, mainland dailies and the Internet have made single local newspaper readers of people who used to read both. Most prefer morning. Our people are trained communicators.