Paul Driscoll, a veteran Associated Press journalist who covered the Civil Rights Movement and the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago, died on Friday at the age of 91. Driscoll was known for his calm demeanor, good humor, and commitment to his colleagues.
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Driscoll was the day supervisor in the AP’s Chicago bureau in the late 1970s and early 1980s when the bureau didn’t have a news editor. This made him the day-to-day leader in the newsroom at a time when the city produced a steady flow of major news, said John Dowling, his former colleague and a retired AP editor.
“Paul listened to him quietly for a little bit and said, ‘You know, I’m really sorry, but I’ve got to go. There’s a plane crash at O’Hare,’” Tanner said. “So he did his job and he tried to still be civil with the people that he worked with.”Titans interview Chicago’s Ian Cunningham and Mike Borgonzi of the Chiefs in GM search“Paul was a leader in the newsroom without being a boss,” Dowling wrote in an email, adding Driscoll put his colleagues in a position to succeed.
“Paul was an elegant editor and mentor,” Nordgren said, adding he was a smart, funny leader and a kind man.
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