Tag Archives: Cathy Hirko

Remembering Montoursville, another community that lost so many, too soon

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Cathy Hirko

  I sat on the floor of Will Rogers’ Lycoming County living room on a hot summer afternoon in late July. The year was 1996. Will was a frail man. Complications with diabetes had taken a toll on him. But … Continue reading →

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YNC Fall Festival: A pie-eating, corn-shelling, turkey-crafting good time

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Brad Jennings

Company vice presidents slammed their faces into whipped-cream-covered pies. Corn kernels flew as reporters and advertising reps went wrist-to-wrist in a cob-shelling relay. And it all happened under the watchful eye of a creepy, construction-paper turkey resembling “Twilight’s” Edward Cullen. … Continue reading →

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YDR’s M.E.: ‘I know we will all feel very proud when the sun comes back out’

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Jim McClure

Managing Editor Randy Parker offered words of encouragement to the YDR staff on the eve of Sandy.

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Why does social media matter?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Cathy Hirko

I spent a day in Princeton, N.J., earlier this month with leaders of New Jersey’s media. It was at the New Jersey Associated Press Managing Editors meeting, and I was asked to join a panel of journalists who would share … Continue reading →

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Covering news in the newsroom

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Kara Eberle

This morning, business editor Cathy Hirko walked by reporters Sean Adkins and Ashley Wislock. She told Sean to grab his notepad and Ashley to grab her phone and start tweeting because there was going to be an announcement. Managing editor … Continue reading →

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Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Sarah Chain

To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet business editor and Weekly Record editor Cathy Hirko. Just last week she was … Continue reading →

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How we reported the West Manchester Mall’s sale listing

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Cathy Hirko

Whether you love it or not, we knew that the news of the West Manchester Mall going up for sale was going to be a high interest story locally. But getting the sale of the mall confirmed for a story … Continue reading →

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Surprise! The vice president is coming!

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

The Sunday night shift in any newsroom is, more often than not, pretty quiet. And except for that little email I got from the White House saying Vice President Joe Biden was coming to York’s Goode Elementary School on Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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