Caleb Slinkard is the Executive Editor of the Georgia Trust for Local News and Managing Editor of the Macon Melody. He began his career in Texas as a reporter for his hometown newspaper, the Greenville Herald Banner, and two years later became the paper’s senior editor. Slinkard has run newspapers in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Georgia and taught journalism and practicum courses at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mercer University. He was born in Bryan/College Station, Texas to Gary and Susan Slinkard. He has a twin brother, Joshua, and a younger brother, Nathan, as well as two nephews and a niece. He enjoys playing pickleball, chess, reading and hiking around Middle Georgia in his free time.
Rather than build the facility on campus, Mercer University President Bill Underwood told Rotarians the new medical school would be built in downtown Macon.
Sometimes, I think people have such a profound impact on our lives, shine such a unique light, that we see its reflection even in the faces of strangers.
I collect bits of information. Those who read this column with any regularity may appreciate those pieces when I’m able to weave them into a somewhat cohesive column.