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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018
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The Daily Astorian
In December 1987, Steve Forrester succeeded his father, J.W. Forrester, as editor of The Daily Astorian.
Q: Where can I find a
Book: ‘People like a fighting newspaper’
Continued from Page 1A
With material that errs on
the informational rather than
colorful side, the book may put
off readers uninterested in the
finer points of running a news
operation.
What will make the biggest
impression? “The fierce com-
mitment of that family over
three generations — four gen-
erations now — to succeed-
ing in community journal-
maintain it.”
There’s a deeper value
every journalistic enterprise
must consider: “What are the
basic principles that you won’t
sacrifice over time, that you
feel — under whatever eco-
nomic and political and social
circumstances — will stand
the test of time?”
If “Grit and Ink” has a cen-
tral message — a philosophy
of how journalism should be
practiced — Willingham said
it is captured in a quote by
Jackson that serves as an epi-
graph for Chapter 1: “Print the
truth. Fight for the right. Peo-
ple like a fighting newspaper.”
“I think that motto really
runs through the entire history
of the Forrester family news-
paper adventure,” Willingham
said.
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Steve Putman
Independent observer
EO Media Group CEO
Steve Forrester, The Daily
Astorian’s former editor and
publisher, asked Willingham
to write the company’s history
back in 2014.
Though “Grit and Ink” is a
book about the company, pub-
lished by the company, Will-
ingham said it isn’t an “autho-
rized biography.” The ground
rules for research were “wide
open,” he said.
“I had a totally free hand to
go wherever the research took
me, and I had no interference
whatsoever with the process,”
he said.
The book will be distrib-
uted by Oregon State Univer-
sity Press.
Willingham read through
EO records, dug through doc-
uments at the Oregon Histori-
cal Society and researched sec-
ondary sources. He studied the
company’s two daily papers,
handful of weeklies and 20
years of online editions.
In addition, he interviewed
Mike Forrester, Steve’s older
brother — who like their
father, J.W. “Bud” Forrester,
also edited The Daily Asto-
rian and EO — Heidi Wright,
the company’s chief operating
officer; John Perry, the retired
COO; and John Shaver, the
company’s retired chief finan-
cial officer. And he had con-
tinuing conversations with
Steve Forrester and other fam-
ily members.
Steve Forrester said he
learned things about his fam-
ily’s company that he never
knew.
“From listening to din-
ner-table conversations, I
knew that there had been an
unsuccessful venture in Idaho”
— namely, the company’s pur-
chase and subsequent sale of
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Fighting newspapers
ism, to really do what it took
and make the sacrifices to keep
those newspapers alive,” Will-
ingham said, “because they
felt the value they were add-
ing to the community and the
importance of what they were
doing.”
Part of that value comes
from the decision to remain a
print publication, something
that appears at people’s door-
steps and dentist’s offices.
“I think that’s still what you
need for an identity with your
community,” Willingham said.
“There is that physical pres-
ence that’s really necessary,
and of course the difficult job
is to convince the country that
that’s still important. Because
when everything is online,
it’s so easy to lose sight of it,
or to forget what it takes to
ASTORIA
TRANSIT CENTER
Depression — why some
papers succeeded and others
folded, and why they aggres-
sively promoted the develop-
ment of their towns. “If the
paper’s going to thrive, the
community has to thrive, and
vice versa,” he said.
“Grit and Ink” also high-
lights celebrated moments
for the local press — such as
Astoria Evening Budget edi-
tor Merle Chessman’s bold
editorial stand against the
Ku Klux Klan, or EO editor
Edwin Aldrich’s push to save a
woolen mill and jump-start the
Pendleton Round-Up.
“You learn a lot of Ore-
gon history, actually, through
this book in a way,” Willing-
ham said. “You see what the
editors saw was important in
their communities, and what
they reported on, and what
they commented on, and tried
through their editorials to
shape the response of the com-
munities to those events.”
Finally, the book shows
how community journalism
has changed from the late 19th
century to the present — and
how much of the profession
remains the same.
Indeed, the values laid
down by legendary EO edi-
tor C.S. “Sam” Jackson were
values Aldrich, his successor,
built upon — a commitment to
fierce independence, accurate
and fair reporting, champion-
ing the underdog and serving
as the voice of the community.
the Twin Falls Times in the
early 20th century. “From
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details,” he said.
“The book has been four
years in the making, so it is
most heartening to see the fin-
ished product that is so com-
pelling and attractive,” he
added.
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