Beyond The Byline: Students Learn About Journalism At Bigler Conference

WILKES-BARRE — A long, long time ago, a young journalist used to sit at a table in Boscov’s restaurant and listen to two gentlemen talk about everything. These two men would select several topics and discuss them in great detail, offering solid opinions based on facts as they knew them and often they would debate an issue or two. These sessions were always remarkable times for learning — the lessons often going way beyond the topics or issues being discussed. I was the young journalist sitting at the table and the two gentlemen I had the privilege of listening to and benefiting from were two icons of Luzerne County — the late U.S.