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Article: Paper Tiger: Editor Ed Pierce brought old-fashioned news values to the fast-changing newspaper business. (Faces).
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- Sarasota Magazine
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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Some people leave a ghost behind when they move on. C. Edward Pierce, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's managing editor from 1969 to 1985, doesn't visit the newsroom much these days, but he remains a lingering phantom of old-fashioned journalism, reminding those who remember him that accuracy comes before entertainment.
His former co-workers like to recall his blue-and-white seersucker suits and the way he tossed off one-liners and tall tales in his deadpan, good-old-boy Southern drawl. Throughout his ...