Providence Journal
Retiring Providence Journal editor
Joel Rawson (left) inspired a generation of ProJo reporters to embrace nonfiction storytelling, writes
G. Wayne Miller. "He knew how to instill excitement in the craft of nonfiction writing; how to make what happened in, say, the Lower Arctic section of West Warwick seem as relevant and as dynamic as anything occurring in Manhattan or in Boston," says New York Times columnist
Dan Barry, a former ProJo reporter.