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Meet Paul Daugherty
Position at The Enquirer: Sports columnist
Why I became a journalist
I’d like to offer something high-minded about the People’s Right To Know, but the fact is, I enjoyed writing as soon as I could write and it is my only obvious talent. Or at least the only marketable skill that my bosses seem to appreciate. I can’t fix a car or build a house. Tools are aliens, machines frighten me. Writing is the only thing I can do.
What I like best about my job
Two days are never alike. I still show up (virtually these days) at a ballgame or an interview believing I will see and/or hear something I’ve never seen or heard before. Plus I love to travel. I’ve been all over the world on Mother Gannett’s dime.
A story I worked on that has had a lasting impact on me
Just one? My late friend Ron Curran taught me to play golf when he was dying of cancer. George (Sugar) Costner was a highly successful middleweight prize fighter from Cincinnati whom almost no one knew, until I told his story. Sugar was totally blinded in the ring, in both eyes ... and proceeded to work 30 years for the state of Ohio. I like ordinary people who do extraordinary things.
What is the biggest challenge I face
Staying current and relevant. Old Guy, hoping he’s still got it.
What I like to do when I’m not working
Work. Seriously, I love to write. When I’m writing, there is nothing else. When I’m completely away from it, I commit golf. I travel as much as possible, take an annual vacation with my family and another with my son. I drink bourbon and Keystone Light. I smoke cigars. I listen to Dickey Betts, and the Reds on radio. I hang with my wife, when she lets me. I talk to my adult children who are far smarter than I, and much more fun. I watch too much TV.
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Favorite event or Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky tradition
I’m not one for traditions I don’t start, or someone close to me doesn’t start. Things my wife and our kids have done for decades around the area: Art In The Garden in Augusta, Ky., the first Saturday every June. Day drives. The Tristate is remarkably rich in beauty and history. Two hours in any direction and you can be in Madison, IN, Bardstown, KY, Midway, KY (and Woodford distillery); Yellow Springs, OH, Brown County, IN, two Columbuses (OH, IN), Buzzard’s Roost Rock in Adams County, Rocky Fork Lake SP outside Hillsboro and ... Findlay Market and Everybody’s Records and The Party Source and Jungle Jim’s Eastgate.
Why journalism matters
The only way we survive this Earth alive and fulfilled is together. Journalism is a vital stitch in the human fabric, when we approach it with open hearts and minds, as both readers and writers. I try to write with empathy. I don’t always succeed.
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