My Wyoming: A close-up look at the past (and the future) of the newspaper industry

My, how things have changed in my wonderful newspaper business over the past 45 years!

A week ago at this time, I was mingling with young, earnest reporters and gray-haired publishers. Plus even a few of the retired silver-haired mossback curmudgeons (like myself) who could still manage to drive across the state in the dead of winter to show up.

Cheyenne hosted the annual Wyoming Press Association convention and, as near as I could tell, it was a big success.

What struck me the most is not so much about what has changed in the 45 years that I have been attending this event, but what has stayed...