Jack McElroy grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where he attended the University of Arizona, earning a bachelor's degree in English in 1975. McElroy has worked at various Scripps papers, including the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. He worked there 10 years and was managing editor when the Columbine High School shootings occurred. McElroy was appointed editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel in November 2001.
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Jack McElroy: Did two wrongs make justice right?
Published 4/28/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 0 comments
Richard Baumgartner has decided to report to prison and start serving his sentence for lying to officials to protect his drug-dealer girlfriend.
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Jack McElroy: Bill sneers at the First Amendment
Published 4/21/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 190 comments
Theodore Roosevelt gets credit for attaching the term muckraker to the reporters of that era, who were dredging up the ills of society for all to see.
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Jack McElroy: Ignoring gun crime won't make it go away
Published 4/14/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 305 comments
Sometimes a silly movie line can get stuck in your head. That’s happened to me the past few days with a bit from “Miss Congeniality,” the Sandra Bullock flick about an FBI agent who enters a beauty pageant to foil ...
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Jack McElroy: Back to court against the county
Published 4/7/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 24 comments
This week the News Sentinel is in court again in an open government case against Knox County.
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Jack McElroy: What makes water run uphill?
Published 3/31/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 4 comments
My first big assignment as a reporter came in 1979 when I was working for The Albuquerque Tribune and was told to write a series of articles on New Mexico’s water resources.
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Jack McElroy: Casualties continue after wars end
Published 3/24/2013 at 3:15 a.m. 20 comments
One the our best-read stories last week was Matt Lakin’s piece about Capt. Thomas Gilley, the 32-year-old commander of the Tennessee National Guard’s 190th Engineer Company, who took his own life after returning home from war.
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Jack McElroy: Safer schools, but at what cost?
Published 3/10/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 13 comments
Are Knox County Schools safe? Superintendent Jim McIntyre says they are. So does Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones. So do I.
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Jack McElroy: Tennessee getting schooled by K12
Published 3/3/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 10 comments
When a business is owned by stockholders, it is the duty of managers to maximize the value of the company by making as much profit as possible.
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Jack McElroy: Wrestling shouldn't take this fall
Published 2/24/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 1 comment
Congratulations to T.J. Satterfield of William Blount High School and to Chad Solomon of Maryville High School for their championships in the recent state wrestling tournament.
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Jack McElroy: Transparency needed in DCS case
Published 2/17/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 6 comments
The state's estimate of costs to provide records on the deaths of children is neither "good faith" nor "reasonable," as the attorney general claims.
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Jack McElroy: Frank Niceley's novel idea likely to be nixed
Published 2/3/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 1 comment
Legislative nomination of Senate candidates would give states more sway in Congress.
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Jack McElroy: Read all about it, any way you want it
Published 1/27/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 13 comments
About twice as many of us have tablet computers today as did so in mid-December.
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Jack McElroy: Maybe good ol' nepotism just a habit
Published 1/13/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 15 comments
Nepotism and the ol' boys network may just be a habit in Loudon County. Last Monday night, the Loudon County Commission picked George M. Miller to replace George M. Miller, who had resigned as trustee.
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Jack McElroy: Technology can lead to creative fantasy
Published 1/6/2013 at 3:00 a.m. 0 comments
Compute-generated journalism already is becoming a reality.
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Jack McElroy: So, what's ahead in politic$ in 2013?
Published 12/30/2012 at 3:00 a.m. 3 comments
Disclosure fails to serve as a check-and-balance on deluge of cash into political campaigns.
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