Last May, my old Billings Gazette colleague Dennis Gaub wrote a profile of Norm Clarke for Last Best News, just before Clarke came back to Montana to deliver the commencement address to graduates of Montana State University Billings. This is how Dennis’ article started:
“Norm Clarke agrees: he’s come a long way from his small-town start. “His lengthy journalism career began when he was in high school in his Eastern Montana hometown of Terry. The personable Clarke talked the editor of the local weekly newspaper, the Terry Tribune, into letting him report on a Class C basketball tournament in a nearby town.” Yes, he has come a long way, and on Friday Clarke was given the Damon Runyon Award from the Denver Press Club. Continue Reading →
