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"The function of a good newspaper, and therefore of a good journalist, is to see life steady and see it whole."

— Charles Prestwich Scott
 

 


There is power in stories told well.

Denise Ruttan, based in Stayton, Ore., is a freelance journalist and lead staff writer for The Stayton Mail. Her work has appeared in The Stayton Mail, the Silverton Appeal Tribune, the Statesman Journal and the Siuslaw News (Florence, Ore.) Her specialties are community journalism, business, environment and development.