Idaho Radio News Etc.

One of the smartest local people in Idaho media is Vickie Holbrook of the Idaho Press-Tribune. Holbrook and fellow editor David Woolsey have started a new “From the Editors” blog at IdahoPress.com – and it’s already worth a read.

Also: With McClatchy freezing every single employee’s pay for a full year, one Statesman reporter is trading his gig on Curtis Rd. for a much more noble cause: he’ll be reporting for the Stars & Stripes military newspaper in Iraq and Afghanistan. Heath Druzin will be based in Germany, but be embedded with troops in both theaters over the next year.