Veteran FlashReport leaders are quite familiar with the writings of Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Weintraub. I have actually known Dan for almost two decades, going back to when he actually worked for the Orange County Register. Dan’s insightful and inciteful columns are always great reading and we almost always provide FR readers to links to his regular columns in the Bee on our main page daily news links. In addition to being a recognized columnist who has an important
impact on policy and politics in the Golden State, Dan (pictured) was truly a pioneer in launching his Insider blog on the Sacramento Bee website years ago — serving as an inspiration to many of us who followed him.
In June, I had a chance to sit down with Dan in Sacramento, and he enthusiastically shared with me that he would be spearheading a new endeavor for the Sacramento Bee called The Conversation. At the time, I told him that once it was up and running, I would love to interview him about it for FR readers. Well, he has in-fact started in his new project, and below is an interview I conducted with Dan yesterday…
FlashReport (FR): Dan, there are a lot of changes taking place in the newspaper business these days. A lot of restructuring it going on, to see how newspapers, and their websites, can adapt to a new dynamic — an interactive experience for readers. You are heading up an exciting new project for the Sacramento Bee, for whom you have been a political columnist for many years now. Can you share with FR readers more about the changes at the Bee, and what you will be doing?"
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