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Newseum Visit Provides Pride in Journalism Career

Posted on March 09, 2010 at 4:45 PM
I am in Washington, D.C. this week with the Kansas Farm Bureau County Presidents on their annual trip to the capitol to see government in action and get a chance to interact with Congressmen and Senators.

But it is also a chance to see some of the best attractions, which yesterday included a trip to the Newseum, a museum dedicated to the history of American journalism.

I'd been there once before with the North American Ag Journalists, but the place is even more impressive now than it was then.

Wandering the levels of exhibits from the Guttenberg Bible to the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winning photography brought reminder after reminder of the role that the press has played in history.

And for me, it provided a sense of pride in the career where I have spent my life. What a great experience.
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Kansas ViewpointPhyllis Jacobs "PJ" Griekspoor, editor Kansas Farmer, joined Farm Progress in August of 2008 after 18 years with the Wichita Eagle as a metro editor, page designer, copy desk chief and reporter covering agriculture and agribusiness, oil and gas, biofuels and the bioeconomy, transportation, small business, military affairs, weather and general aviation.

She came to Wichita in 1990 from Fayetteville, N.C., where she was copy desk chief of the Fayetteville Observer for three years. She also worked at the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minn. (1980-87), the Mankato Free Press in Mankato, Minn. (1972-80) and the Kirksville Daily Express in Kirksville, Mo.(1966-70)

Phyllis, who goes by "PJ" since most people can pronounce that and even spell it, loves digging in the dirt and planting stuff, rescuing the houseplants that other people have darn-near killed, spoiling her grandkids and is taking to the skies in a little bitty airplane.

 
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