RETIREMENT PARTY MARKS THE END OF AN ERA, CAREER FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM ICON

IDAHO PRESS

The Idaho Press hosted a retirement celebration for longtime statehouse reporter Betsy Russell, marking an end of an era.

Friends, family, former co-workers and community dignitaries were on-hand to wish Russell well. Her departure from the field marks the end of a career that spanned nearly 40 years.

Russell has headed the Boise bureau for the Idaho Press for the past five years, helping oversee the newspaper’s major expansion into Ada County. Prior to that, she worked as a reporter and editor for The Spokesman-Review for 27 years and, before that, as a reporter and editor for the Idaho Statesman for five years. She also worked for several California newspapers earlier in her career.

Russell’s reporting has won numerous awards. She has also served as the longtime president of the Idaho Press Club, president of the Capitol Correspondents Association, and president and cofounder of Idahoans for Openness in Government, a role she lans to continue after her retirement.

Welcoming Their First Child

Lake County Examiner General Manager Danielle Jester and Examiner reporter Wade Phelps welcomed their first child, Phoebe Rhiannon Phelps, born Dec. 28, 2022 at 9 p.m., weighing 7 lbs., 5 oz. and measuring 19.75 inches. The three are pictured in the Examiner office in Lakeview, Oregon.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ASSOCIATES WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE APG REFERRAL BONUS FOR NEW HIRES!