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RANDY LUDLOW: PAPER OUTMANNED, NOT OUTWORKED.(Special Section)

I wrote more than 5,000 stories, and hundreds of columns, for The Cincinnati Post.

I arrived on the city desk in 1983 as an eager, young reporter with fire in my eyes. I departed in 2002, an older, more-sensitive journalist, with tears in my eyes.

Over nearly two decades, I quickly pounded out many a big story under deadline pressure. This isn't hard; I've done it all my life.

What makes this so difficult? Staring at the screen, dozens of starts and stops, stabbing at the backspace key, the words slow to come and inadequate?

The reporter's veneer of objectivity fails me. This chore is too personal, too emotional. It's hard to write about something you love ...

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