Bill Snider's last column
Allen Johnson breaks the news that Bill Snider is retiring after 50-plus years at the newspaper. Bill's final column is Sunday. He's a heckuva newsman, steering the paper and helping steer the city, through some of its toughest times.
Jack Betts, an editorial writer at The Charlotte Observer and a former editorial writer here, wrote this in a review of Ed Yoder's book back in November. "In his Greensboro days, Yoder was mentored by the estimable Bill Snider, like Yoder a graceful, literate writer whose axioms about editorial writing are memorable: "There's nothing like knowing too much about the subject that more quickly spoils a strong editorial," he would say. "And editorialists are often unsure what they really want to say -- newspaper deadlines being daily and unforgiving -- until they 'run it through the typewriter,' another Sniderism."
Bill an even better person than journalist. He deserves to take a rest, play more tennis and visit with the grandkids. But I hope he comes back and visits.
