A few readers have complimented us on the traditional journalistic style in covering DeWitt County news. I learned the art of journalism slowly and I’m still learning.
I grew up reading The Victoria Advocate every morning - Dear Abby and horoscopes. Later, I started reading stories and was thrilled by the new words, especially in the Associated Press articles.
As an adult in the 1990s, I had the privilege of working in The Advocate newsroom on Constitution Street. It smelled of newsprint and old cigar smoke. The ghosts of salty, old newsmen (and women) hid in corners. With a floor full of reporters at messy desks, toiling away on their beats, little did we know that the new fangled internet would all but all but kill this type of local news coverage. In December 2024, the McHaney family announced the sale of The Victoria Advocate, which is now located at the top of One O’Conner Plaza, unrecognizable except for its name (and Dear Abby).
