The hiring process in any business is a lot like standing in a batter’s box: Sometimes you swing and miss, sometimes you manage a double and sometimes you hit it out of the park. Matt Schuckman was a home run twice during my tenure at The Quincy Herald-Whig – first as a part-time sports clerk several weeks shy of his 16th birthday 32 years ago and then as a full-time sportswriter 10 years later. Matt grew from the gullible high school senior who John Potts and I convinced it was imperative that he bring his date to the newsroom on…
Published June 25, 2021