Lois M. Collins: How reporting 2 stories changed my life in 2017

I’m not sure why the beginning of a new year makes one want to look back. But I’m clearly not alone in the overpowering urge to do so. Reading blogs and news sites over the long New Year’s weekend yielded a trove of “lessons learned in 2017” presented by reporters, politicians, scientists and others.Perhaps putting the year just finished in perspective is an important mental exercise in order to move cleanly into whatever 2018 will bring. I love journalism because i