Jack Ronald
Jack Ronald (1948-2002) served as president and chairman of the Graphic Printing Company from 1985 until the time of his death April 23, 2022. He was publisher of The Commercial Review for 38 years and editor for 32 years.
He is a member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.
Ronald earned a litany of journalism awards from Hoosier State Press Association, Indiana Associated Press Media Editors and Inland Press. He received the Charlie Biggs Community Commitment Award from the Hoosier State Press Association in 2014.
A 1970 graduate of Earlham College, he became a Fulbright Scholar in 1998 and a Fulbright Senior Specialist in 2012. He won the Indiana Journalism Award from Ball State University in 2004.
The Portland High School graduate is a strong supporter of community journalism and has also used his skills to teach journalists around the world. He has served as a trainer in Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and most-recently Myanmar.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Television habits need renovation
Maybe I’ve been watching too much HGTV, but I’m beginning to worry about the possibility of a future shortage of granite.
EDITORIALS
It's good to work together
It won’t be easy, but at least people will be pulling in the same direction.
NEWS
Board rejects JCTA's appeal
The Indiana Education Employment Relations Board has ruled in favor of Jay Schools in its contract dispute with the Jay Classroom Teachers Association.
EDITORIALS
Dennis Rodman is cringe-worthy
It’s a situation so embarrassing that you want to cringe.
OPINION
A bad decision had a good result
If only the car hadn’t started.It was Christmas morning 30 years ago, December 1983.
OPINION
Boehner's actions show leadership
When political historians get around to writing biographies of House Speaker John Boehner, last week is going to merit more than a little mention.
NEWS
Corporation balance goes down
A shrinking year-end cash balance for Jay Schools has school board members looking at ways to reduce spending in the year ahead.
OPINION
Ride brought youthful feeling
It was a Saturday night, and we were in Boston visiting two out of three daughters over the Thanksgiving holiday.
OPINION
Christmas fun is in the anticipation
Friday’s the day.Though Christmas is obviously the most important day of the holiday season, for years I’ve thought of Dec. 20 as the most exciting.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Grandchild is the perfect gift
The email was waiting for us the morning before Christmas.
NEWS
Restoring beauty
The burly guy with a beard looks around the little graveyard at the end of a dead-end road in Jefferson Township, cold November rain falling on headstones and a carpet of fallen leaves.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Act still senseless
What’s most striking — looking back over 50 years — is how different the media environment was.
NEWS
JCTA appeals decisions
The contract dispute between the Jay Classroom Teachers Association and Jay Schools is not over.
NEWS
Fact-finder selects school's offer
A state-appointed fact-finder has recommended the adoption of the Jay School Corporation’s last best offer as the new master contract for the Jay Classroom Teachers Association.
OPINION
Attendant showed perfect kindness
The plane was late arriving.And passengers were starting to get grouchy.
OPINION
Column needed to take a hike
One of the things about getting older is that you tend to start repeating yourself.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Quiz doesn't offer right answers
Sometimes, multiple choice just doesn’t cut it.
NEWS
Hurt provides ag outlook
Moderation is the watchword, Purdue University agricultural economist told a group of Jay County farmers Tuesday.
BUSINESS
IOM still going strong
It’s been an exciting decade, but the folks at IOM Grain believe an even brighter future lies ahead.
OPINION
District 33 is still in good hands
It’s going to be an interesting 2014 in Indiana House District 33.
NEWS
Board, JCTA working together
Jay School Board agreed Monday to meet with the Jay Classroom Teachers Association in an effort to minimize the impact of changes in health insurance coverage on teachers’ household budgets.
NEWS
Verallia sale gets closer
Ardagh Group has made progress in negotiations with the Federal Trade Commission and hopes to complete its acquisition of Verallia North America by mid-January of 2014.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Costume seemed a bit out of place
Back about 43 years ago, there was a movie called “Start the Revolution Without Me.”
NEWS
Contract decision to come soon
The next contract between Jay Schools and the Jay Classroom Teachers Association is likely to be decided by a state-appointed fact-finder.
OPINION
Transfer seemed a little suspicious
The security camera footage has to look pretty suspicious.
EDITORIALS
Davis a good choice to lead OCRA
Probably the only thing that makes Bill Davis an unusual choice to head up the Office of Community and Rural Affairs is that Bill hates vegetables and he’ll be running a place that’s commonly called “okra.”
NEWS
Portland man is remembered
It was 70 years ago today — Oct. 22, 1943 — that a PB4Y-1 Liberator took off from U.S. Naval Air Facility Dunkeswell, a former Royal Air Force airbase in Devonshire in the south of England.
NEWS
School board tables decision
Jay School Board tabled a special appropriation to pay year-end bills Monday after members of the Jay Classroom Teachers Association asserted the move was an attempt to hide funds from a state-appointed fact-finder who will determine the next contract with the teachers’ union.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
'1812' can help us learn
The young man walking toward me was not wearing a shirt.
NEWS
Jay helping to host conference
When educators in China wanted to develop ties with their colleagues in Taiwan, they turned to Indiana for help.
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