On the occasion of his newspaper's 110th anniversary, the publisher of the
Kennebec Journal and the Morning Sentinel in Augusta, Maine, publisher John Christie
gives this advice: "When I speak to groups of aspiring journalists, I'm often asked about what to look for in the first job. That's another opportunity to bring up the importance of ownership, whether you go to work in a newspaper or any other private sector job."
As you would expect, he praises the people he works for in the piece, but his advice is sound: Check out the owners.
