What's the best thing about your job?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

I was touched last week by the impromptu farewell speech an intern delivered in the newsroom. Each semester we have two multimedia interns work for us. They generally come from all over the United States and work like any other ...

Could a small water park be in Victoria's future?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

The city of Victoria's is studying the future of its municipal pool. The news took me back to a family vacation a few years ago to Nebraska of all places. While visiting relatives in Omaha in 2008, I blogged about ...

What was the top news story of 2012?

By ChrisCobler in Your Advocate: an editor's blog

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Veronique Pozner, left, embraces a young girl as she arrives at B'nai Israel Cemetery for burial services for her 6-year-old son Noah Pozner in Monroe, Conn. Noah was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary ...