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Postcard in today’s mail.

A silver lining in this very dark cloud: watching stellar sportswriters Steve Politi, Keith Sargeant, Matthew Stanmyre, James Kratch and others pivot seamlessly to outstanding virus coverage. As they say in hoops, great transition players all!

Hey Bobby Olivier and Brent Johnson, what do you estimable men of music think of Dylan’s opus “Murder Most Foul”?

Heartfelt thanks to S.P. Sullivan, Terrence T. McDonald, Karen Yi, Alex Napoliello, Brent Johnson, Ashleigh Graf, mikescottdraws 🇺🇦 and other colleagues for the generous accolades and support. Working with so many highly skilled journalists is its own reward, but nothing tops the esteem of your peers.

A Ledger hat trick today for Sophie Nieto-Muñoz: three front-page stories!

Bravo to hardworking Amy Kuperinsky - @amykup.bsky.social for a Black Friday bonanza: four holiday stories in today’s Star-Ledger!

F. Lee lives on in Bob McFadden’s NYT obit: “a stocky badger-like man with a cleft chin, intimidating blue eyes and a widow’s peak that refused to recede with the rest of his hairline.” A voice “by turns bullying, cajoling, sarcastic or sympathetic, searching for seams of doubt.”

Three cheers for Michael Sol Warren, for three cover stories that mightily brightened the landscape of the Thursday Ledger!

Extraordinary work in today’s ⁦The Star-Ledger⁩ by ⁦Brittney Davies⁩, ⁦Joe Atmonavage⁩ and ⁦Matthew Stanmyre⁩ about the 9/11 boatlift from Manhattan. Brittney spotlighted an overlooked but crucial aspect of that awful day — and did so while daily piloting The Ledger.

Comprehensive coverage by Bobby Olivier of the Sea.Hear.Now Festival festival, not only reviewing the music but capturing the entire beach scene, puts readers of today’s The Star-Ledger in the middle of all the action.

Janis Ian Lets Her Music Speak Her Mind (One Last Time) nytimes.com/2022/01/17/art… At age 70, the author of "At Seventeen" is putting out her final album. Jim Farber talked to Janis Ian about a career that, in retrospect, makes her seem like a cultural clairvoyant.

⁦Dave Curren⁩ A Saturday that turned into a sunny day featured clouds that seemed to hug the ground. What does that signify? Thanks!

Hey ⁦⁦Sophie Nieto-Muñoz⁩ Did you purchase this? Father’s Day is next month … apnews.com/article/21e147…

Newark's Shakur Stevenson landed on the front page of Newark's newspaper today. Full story, ICYMI: nj.com/sports/2022/05…

AP PHOTOS: Soccer's most memorable World Cup moments (from The Associated Press) Getting to be that time ⁦Sophie Nieto-Muñoz⁩! apnews.com/article/1c1f80…

netherlands national football team vs argentina national football team ⚽ g.co/kgs/pHbyKL Go ⁦Sophie Nieto-Muñoz⁩ go!

A brilliant light bulb of an idea from ⁦Brittney Davies⁩, masterfully realized by her and ⁦Richard Cowen⁩. They have reclaimed an astonishing chapter in N.J. and holiday history, just in time for Christmas! nj.com/news/2022/12/d…

Recently enjoyed a delectable meal at one of New Jersey’s many fine Italian restaurants. Particularly savored the extraordinary Neapolitan atmosphere. ⁦Sophie Nieto-Muñoz⁩

A horse named Journalism is the 3-1 favorite in the Kentucky Derby. 🐎 Best odds journalism has gotten in a long, long time!

After Preakness victory, Journalism is called “resilient” and “undeterred.” So true! Gov. declares: “Journalism is alive and well!” However, must take exception to J’s pre-race description: “Leads field in career earnings.”