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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
HONORING NEWS REPORTER SEAN FLYNN ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE | |
NEWPORT DAILY NEWS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Euer, DiPalma, and Seveney | |
Date Introduced: February 10, 2022 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, Sean Flynn is retiring from the Newport Daily News after a distinguished |
2 | forty year career in journalism. He attended the University of Wisconsin where he studied |
3 | political science and communications, and proceeded to move to Germany where he completed a |
4 | five year Master’s program at Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich. He also worked at the |
5 | Bavarian Film Studios and free-lanced for a magazine called Anglo American Spotlight; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Before joining the Newport Daily News in 2004, Mr. Flynn was employed |
7 | at the Fall River Herald News for nineteen years, and later for the Brockton Enterprise. He was |
8 | widely admired by his peers for his tireless work ethic and insatiable desire to discover the facts |
9 | and provide them to his readers. Whether he was covering a town hall meeting or interviewing |
10 | famous people such as Mikhail Gorbachev at Carnegie Abbey or John F. Kennedy, Jr., in the |
11 | backseat of a car, Mr. Flynn would always ask the questions that needed to be asked, but in a fair |
12 | and professional manner. He thoroughly researched his stories and double-checked his facts, and |
13 | his reporting always focused on putting sunlight on important issues and not sensationalism; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Mr. Flynn’s colleagues at the Newport Daily News always appreciated his |
15 | willingness to offer a helping hand to a colleague working on a story. They also admired his |
16 | immense rolodex that was filled with countless news-related contacts and phone numbers, and |
17 | were amazed at his ability through the years to adapt to changing circumstances, be they |
18 | deadlines, moving offices or adjusting to new technologies. His quiet leadership in the newsroom |
19 | will be sorely missed; now, therefore be it |
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1 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates Sean |
2 | Flynn on his retirement from the Newport Daily News after his forty years of distinguished and |
3 | exemplary work as a news reporter and journalist. We wish him a most happy retirement and |
4 | continued success in all his future endeavors; and be it further |
5 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
6 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Sean Flynn. |
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