William Chronister:  

Life I can't put my e-mail address in, but may it suffice that I work for the Dispatch, where informality rules -- I go by Bill on all but my paycheck -- and yet e-mail addresses are carefully standardized. First initial, plus last name. That being said, let's talk: I've been married to Helen since 2000 -- a convenient year for my addled brain. She and I now live in Columbus, Ohio, where she is a librarian for a synagogue and I'm a copy editor for The Dispatch. College I flunked out of Heidelberg College as a freshman. Actually, I didn't flunk out, but I wasn't a good student. I moved to southwestern Florida and got a series of low-paying jobs and attended some classes at the community college. Then I caught on at the local newspaper, and didn't look back towards college until 22 years later. When I moved to Cleveland, I realized I'd been wishing to go back to school for some time, and so I finally did, attending Kent State University. I graduated in 1999 with a B.A. in journalism and came close to completing my master's. I also taught journalism for a time as an adjunct. I'd like to teach more, but a lot of journalists like to teach, so it will be some time, I think, before I can break in here in Colu...Expand for more