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As Executive Editor of the Campbell Express, Sally Howe has quite a lot on her plate. Dedicating the vast majority of her week to running the community newspaper through both a print and online edition, she can most often be found in her office in Downtown Campbell making calls, editing articles, and writing her own weekly columns. Howe has been a resident of She pursued journalism early on in her life when she wrote for the West Valley Times. As a mother of two young children, she went on to work for the Campbell Express and other small community newspapers. She became editor and owner of the Campbell Express in 2003, and has been continuing to serve these positions for the past five years, during which she also created the online edition of the paper, which is more easily accessible to those not living in the Regarding the issues presented in her paper, Howe said, "I have recently changed the focus of the paper to some degree...I don't have staff to keep track of city business like I once did...we have a 'following' for many of our regular columnists and we do an occasional feature, [but] we focus a lot on downtown activities." As to why she chose to create an online presence for the paper, she said, "My goodness, everyone uses the Internet...we'd be out of touch if we didn't use a Web Site!" Howe believes newspapers and online news work hand-in-hand and will continue to do so in the future, and claimed she is not worried about print journalism becoming extinct. "I think the human race loves to read--and they love to send clippings to their children and to cite: 'I read in the paper...'" However, she did admit that "it's also possible to keep things available without trying to keep stacks of papers." Howe considers every story that a journalist covers to affect him in some way. She gave rather a philosophical comment when she said, "Every experience has an influence on our lives—and don't let anyone tell you that just one happening made a difference--it’s always a culmination," Howe said. "It may be one experience that helps you turn the corner, but we're the result of everything that happens to us." An experienced that stands out in her mind was regarding a recent story she covered about an ailing World War II veteran whose air force medals had been stolen from his home as he was about to celebrate his 83rd birthday. "I joined forces with a nephew," Howe said, “who was able to replace the medals--and I was able to bring a commandant from the American Legion and a council person to help in the return of them...it was great." Howe continues to reside as editor of The Campbell Express, and those interested in viewing the online website for the paper can go on www.campbellexpress.com. Related Links: Back to Orange Journalism Home Page Orange Journalism: |
