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Article: Gannett Veteran Is Named Publisher of The Indianapolis Star.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- August 2, 2000
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Aug. 2--It was Aug. 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon had just resigned, and 22-year-old intern Barbara Henry was the only reporter staffing the Statehouse bureau of The Indianapolis News.
Dispatched by her editor to waylay Gov. Otis Bowen for comment, the new college graduate landed a half-hour interview with the governor in his Statehouse office.
The interview became a highlight of a summer internship in Indianapolis and helped launch Henry's journalism career that continues now in the city where it began.
Henry, 48, was named president and publisher Tuesday of The Indianapolis Star by new owner Gannett Co. She leaves her job as publisher for ...