Grand Valley Biz Times editor Castle is retiring

Phil Castle, the editor of the Grand Valley Business Times in Grand Junction, Colorado, is retiring after 25 years.

Castle writes, “Now I’m lingering in a doorway myself, a transition between a lengthy tenure as editor of the Business Times and retirement. This issue — the 734th I’ve completed since January 1999 — will be my last. It’s time to tell some truths.

“I’m 65 years old. Three score and five, as Abraham Lincoln might have put it. And I’m more than 25 years into my work as editor of this journal. That’s almost two-thirds of a 43-year career that began in 1981, when I graduated from Colorado State University with a shiny new degree in journalism. The very next day, I coaxed my rattletrap Fiat over Cameron Pass to start my first job at the Jackson County Star in Walden. I’ve been blessed beyond measure to work in print journalism ever since. With real print. And, I’d contend, real journalism.

“But those kinds of big numbers indicate it’s time for a change. For me. Also, I suspect, for readers who might enjoy fresh approaches to stories and new voices to tell them.”

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