Dan Tackett, editor of The Courier in Lincoln, Ill., has retired after 44 years with the paper.
“I’m really looking forward to spending a lot of time camping, fishing and simply relaxing with my wife, Carol, and our grandkids,” Tackett said. “Spouses of people who work in newsrooms know better than anyone that it’s a round-the-clock job. News doesn’t happen on any kind of schedule. Just ask my wife.”
Tackett began work with The Courier in September 1968 as Mason County reporter. He was drafted in the Army the following year and served two years before returning to the paper with expanded duties of covering Lincoln and Logan counties.
He became managing editor of The Courier in 2007 and hasn’t missed a beat through change after change.
Now, it’s time to get away from daily deadlines.
“It’s time to go,” Tackett said. “I’ve seen a whirlwind of change in the way we publish a daily newspaper over the years, and the winds of change have picked up speed over the past four or five years. It’s time a new generation copes with that.”
A community open house was held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 22 at the newspaper.
Dan Tackett, editor of The Courier in Lincoln, Ill., has retired after 44 years with the paper.
“I’m really looking forward to spending a lot of time camping, fishing and simply relaxing with my wife, Carol, and our grandkids,” Tackett said. “Spouses of people who work in newsrooms know better than anyone that it’s a round-the-clock job. News doesn’t happen on any kind of schedule. Just ask my wife.”
Tackett began work with The Courier in September 1968 as Mason County reporter. He was drafted in the Army the following year and served two years before returning to the paper with expanded duties of covering Lincoln and Logan counties.
He became managing editor of The Courier in 2007 and hasn’t missed a beat through change after change.
Now, it’s time to get away from daily deadlines.
“It’s time to go,” Tackett said. “I’ve seen a whirlwind of change in the way we publish a daily newspaper over the years, and the winds of change have picked up speed over the past four or five years. It’s time a new generation copes with that.”
A community open house was held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 22 at the newspaper.
