Tod Strachan is the senior
news reporter for the Terrace
Review. Tod began his news-
Paper career freelancing for the
Northern - Sentinel. -

Tod has had experience as a
cook, a social services manager,
a partsman, and a salesperson,
all of which give him a good in-

‘He’s. bet
with the Review for three years.

sight into many of the issues he
writes about. He says, “This job
is*fun and challenging. If you
find the type of work you really

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enjoy; it’s moré‘like a ‘fall-time:.

hobby.”’ Tod says that the most
interesting part of his job is git-
ting behind the scenes and doing

in-depth investigating for his ar- -

ticles.

Pam Whitaker is the lady
behind the camera for the Ter-
race Review's weekly “Talk of
the Town’. Pam and editor
Michael Kelly put their heads
together to come up with a
topical question each week, but
they'd appreciate suggestions
from the residents of Terrace.

While husband Ernie was em-
ployed by Transport Canada in
Port Hardy,.Pam was able to
take a night school course in
journalism and to develép her
writing skills at the North Island
Gazette,

Also while on Northern Van-
couver Island, she had. the op-

_ Ha. Hall is. the. production
manager for the Terrace Review”

. newspaper and © Close’. Up

magazine. Jim has been with the |

Review for several years. - Prior
to this, he worked as a layout
person at Totem Press. Jim’s
background includes 13 years as
photographer with the Ministry
of Natural Resources at a Wild-
life Research Station in Maple,
Ont., mapping for ARDA in Ot-
tawa and as draftsman in charge
for Canadian Cellulose prior to
that. :

As production manager, Jim
is responsible for seeing that the
Terrace Review, Close Up
magazine and any other printed
‘materials (such as flyers, pros
grams or catalogues) are ready

"for the printing presses.

__ Jim starts his day at 4:30 a.in.
He likes to work when it’s quiet
and he won't be-disturbed. Jim
is a photographer, technician

and designer. And he combines’

all these skills to ensure clear,
accurate and creative production
of each week’s ‘‘runs’’,

The

Terrace

Review:
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news coverage.
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portunity to co-author a book of
Indian Legends with Chief
James Wallas of Quatsino
Sound (Kwakuitl Legends, Han-
cock House 1981). The book
came out in paperback in 1989.

Since her arrival in Terrace in
{980, Pam did some writing for
the old Terrace Herald, in-

‘cluding a column © entitled

'Skeena Sketches",

Michael Kelly, the editor,
dropped out of second year
university to take his first news-
paper job as a totally green
reporter for a metropolitan daily
in the U.S. He moved to Canada
in 1970.

During dry spells in the
writing profession, he has work-
ed as a taxi driver and dis-
patcher, tourist trap hamburger
stand manager, aircraft dis-.

patcher and firewood chopper.
He began freelancing for the
Terrace Review in December
1985, was hired as .a staff
reporter two months later, and
became editor when Maureen
Barbour left during the summer
of 1987.

“T’ve always hated editors,”
he says. “‘And being one hasn’t |
changed my attitude.”