The TIMES of Northwest Indiana deserves congratulations after winning Lee Enterprises Inc. prestigious company "Enterprise of the Year" award announced last Friday.
You may think this is not a big deal, but it is. Take it from a former insider of The TIMES. This honor is coveted by every publisher and staff of all of the company's 50+ media companies around the country.
Now I'd like to take some credit, but I can't. I retired from The TIMES last year. But I am still proud to have spent 13 or 14 years at The Times.
Publisher Bill Masterson came to The TIMES from Rapid City, SD four or five years ago where he was also publisher. He deserves much -- if not most -- of the credit, even though he will give it to his staff.
Granted I'm deciding what he's likely to say before he says it. I have that right because I'm the one with the keyboard.
But he would be correct. While he built his team, he is the leader so all employees of The TIMES -- with Bill at the helm -- deserve to celebrate this great accomplishment.
So my hat is off to Bill and all those at The Times. Bravo!
