It makes for a happy new year to welcome to Illinois Times our new intern from University of Illinois Springfield’s Public Affairs Reporting master’s degree program. He is Don Howard, 61, from Georgia. These days journalism as truth-telling attracts all kinds, so it isn’t unusual to find an atypical student reporter. Don is a former lawyer, and a Spanish speaker who’s lived five years in Mexico and five years in Spain. He has worked as a tree farmer, a truck driver and a real estate broker. He’s an actor and a broadcaster. Look for his byline, coming soon. –Fletcher Farrar, editor
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