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Tom Durkin

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Nevada City
As seen in: Medium, Nextgov/FCW, Defense One, Government Executive, NewsBreak, The Union, Yubanet, Appeal-Democrat, Thoroughbred Daily News, Rice Lake Chronotype and
Covers:  Arts &entertainment, law, human interest, housing & homelessness, mental health, op-ed
Doesn't Cover: Sports, religion
Writer/editor/photographer

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Tom Durkin’s Biography

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From screenplays to technical white papers, general news reporting to deep legislative-legal analysis, op-eds to feature articles, press releases to personality profiles, copy writing to copy editing, ghostwriting to my latest resume, my career has been a peripatetic journey through many genres, media and styles.

Over the many years, with occasional day-job excursions into social work and manual labor, I’ve discovered that I can write (or edit) pretty much anything you need - even if I’ve never…

Tom Durkin’s Journalist Portfolio

Tom Durkin: Sense and non-sense

Tom Durkin: Sense and non-sense

When I was a reporter at the state Capitol in Sacramento, I occasionally had brief conversations with state l…

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Tom Durkin: I told you so

Tom Durkin: I told you so

If anything good came out of the pandemic, it's the new normal of hybrid and full-time remote work. Although …

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Write to Be Read

Write to Be Read

What's the point of writing if nobody's going to read it? In these days of time-pressured information overloa…

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My Secret Life of Homelessness: Wake-up Call

My Secret Life of Homelessness: Wake-up Call

The homeless problem in America is much larger than most people realize. While the problem is obvious on the …

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Search for ET

Search for ET

"SETI Researchers Sift Interstellar Static for Signs of Life" was the cover story for Xcell Journal, an inter…

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Articles

LTE | Tom Durkin: The bounds of silence

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By Tom Durkin 
| Yubanet
Sometimes, silence is more eloquent than words. When somebody hurts you, don’t react. Respond. Rather than reacting immediately out of triggered emotions with words or deeds you later regret, respond with no response. At  least, at first. You may want to choose to respond more fully in a moment – or a month – later with a well-thought-out statement or action, but your first response should, most often, be silence. Silence says a lot.
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Ideas & Opinions — Tom Durkin: Your choice: Public servant v. carpetbagger

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By Tom Durkin 
| The Union
As a journalist and officer of a nonprofit organization, I am obligated to keep my political opinions to myself. As a citizen, activist and opinion columnist, however, I am compelled to speak my mind. So, with the caveat that I am speaking strictly and only for myself as an American citizen and social justice advocate, I will now engage in some political opinionating.
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LCP wins in four categories at 2026 Insurance ERM awards

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By Tom Durkin 
| Beyond Curious with LCP
LCP has been named winner in four categories in the Insurance ERM Awards. These awards recognise insurers, teams, initiatives and vendors that are leaders in risk management, risk modelling and risk technology in the UK and Europe.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Weekend cops and fire for an AM radio station.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Learned on an Underwood manual in high school. Used a Smith-Corona electric in college. Wrote 11 screenplays on an IBM Selectric.

How is social media changing news?

It's ruining it. Opinion is passed off as fact. Amateurs and bad actors get the news wrong either accidentally or deliberately.

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