Joe Spear

Joe Spear

• Spear: No quotas on our letters

  There is perhaps no other more controversial, more democratic and more misunderstood feature of newspapers than the “letters to the editor.”

  February 25, 2012 1 Photo

• Spear: How do we decide what to cover?

  There’s no real secret or intense science to how newspapers or news organizations decide what to cover as a story.

  February 24, 2012 1 Photo

• Spear: Does anchor’s DWI warrant all the coverage?

  Covering DWI of a "public figure" leaves room for doubt, debate

  February 4, 2012 1 Photo

• Spear: ‘Gunshot’ news must be fast, accurate

  People need to know about crime.

  September 30, 2011 1 Photo

• Spear: 10 years after 9/11, the kids are still all right

  The day after 9/11, 10 years ago, I was driving my elementary-age children to school and their baby sister to day care.

  September 11, 2011 1 Photo

• Spear: Mankato riding the 'goattails' of an unusual national story

  Unless you have been out of the universe for the last week, you now know the tale of the little girls and the goat making Mankato famous.

  September 5, 2011 2 Photos

• Spear: Don’t miss out on 5,000 ducks of hope

  There are 5,000-plus reasons you might want to check out Sibley Park and Land of Memories Park Saturday around 1 p.m.

  August 24, 2011 1 Photo

• Spear: Sister paper loses colleague in tornado

  It was announced Thursday that one of The Joplin Globe’s page designers, Bruce Ballie, who was 56 and had a college-age daughter, was among the 125 people killed by the storm.

  May 27, 2011 1 Photo

• Spear: Readers help make our paper strong

  The Free Press was recently recognized with an honor that means a lot to me personally and to a vast majority of the folks who work at The Free Press.

  May 5, 2011 1 Photo

• Spear: Clearing the air on Santa, Head Start

  The story of Santa Claus and Head Start during the holidays stirred uneeded anger against the Somali community and Head Start.

  April 3, 2011 1 Photo

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