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Local boy (sort of) done good
Tyler Hicks
About a decade ago, I was the police reporter at the Troy Daily News and a talented young man named Tyler Hicks was the paper’s chief photographer. We spent a lot of time chasing around car accidents and crime scenes in Miami County back in the day.
His photos were great even then, but today Tyler is literally one of the best photographers in the world. For the New York Times he has taken important pictures in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Indonesia, Africa and seemingly every other hot spot around the world. He has a unique combination of brains, guts and guile required for the kind of dangerous work he does. And now he’s won a big international award.
Tyler, just out Ohio University’s graduate program back then, went on to work at a North Carolina newspaper before just deciding to go for it as a freelancer. He began traveling the world and selling his photos to wire services and big newspapers and magazines before the Times hired him.
Officially, Tyler is a native of New York and went to college at Boston University. But with the graduate school connection here in Ohio (note the link to my topic — education) and with him having started his career here in the Dayton area, I think we can claim him, too.
(Image credit: The Daily Free Press)
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By Dave
February 27, 2007 6:58 PM | Link to this
I think that “done good” is a nod to popular culture, similar to saying “Congrats”.By Scott Elliott
February 27, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this
The headline is journalism jargon. A staple newspaper story throughout the years is the “local boy (or girl) done good” story. Sorry to be confusing. It seemed funny to me.By Caroline
February 27, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this
Congrats to the photographer…but, why would you use incorrect English in a headline, especially on an education blog?