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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

     Introduced By: Senators Euer, DiPalma, and Seveney

     Date Introduced: February 10, 2022

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, Sean Flynn is retiring from the Newport Daily News after a distinguished

forty year career in journalism. He attended the University of Wisconsin where he studied

political science and communications, and proceeded to move to Germany where he completed a

five year Master’s program at Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich. He also worked at the

Bavarian Film Studios and free-lanced for a magazine called Anglo American Spotlight; and

     WHEREAS, Before joining the Newport Daily News in 2004, Mr. Flynn was employed

at the Fall River Herald News for nineteen years, and later for the Brockton Enterprise. He was

widely admired by his peers for his tireless work ethic and insatiable desire to discover the facts

and provide them to his readers. Whether he was covering a town hall meeting or interviewing

famous people such as Mikhail Gorbachev at Carnegie Abbey or John F. Kennedy, Jr., in the

backseat of a car, Mr. Flynn would always ask the questions that needed to be asked, but in a fair

and professional manner. He thoroughly researched his stories and double-checked his facts, and

his reporting always focused on putting sunlight on important issues and not sensationalism; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Flynn’s colleagues at the Newport Daily News always appreciated his

willingness to offer a helping hand to a colleague working on a story. They also admired his

immense rolodex that was filled with countless news-related contacts and phone numbers, and

were amazed at his ability through the years to adapt to changing circumstances, be they

deadlines, moving offices or adjusting to new technologies. His quiet leadership in the newsroom

will be sorely missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby congratulates Sean

Flynn on his retirement from the Newport Daily News after his forty years of distinguished and

exemplary work as a news reporter and journalist. We wish him a most happy retirement and

continued success in all his future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Sean Flynn.

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