Episode 34: Mike Wilson
Mike Wilson is finishing up his first few months as the new editor of the Dallas Morning News. Wilson came to Dallas from ESPN\u2019s FiveThirtyEight website, where he was managing editor.\n\nBefore that, he was the editor of the St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay Times. While in St. Petersburg, Wilson oversaw a staff of incredibly talented writers and reporters, many of whom have been featured on this podcast, reporters like Ben Montgomery, Michael Kruse and Kelley Benham French. During the podcast, we talk about a series of stories that ran in the St. Petersburg Times called Encounters. One by Kruse was about a dad teaching his young daughter how to ride a bike.\n\nAnd that\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the writers Wilson cultivated in Florida. He was the primary editor on Lane DeGregory\u2019s story, \u201cThe Girl in the Window,\u201d which won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2009.\n\nDuring our discussion, we also talk about a story Wilson said he recently read, titled \u201cThe Root of All Things,\u201d by Nathan Thornburgh. The piece ran on the website roadsandkingdoms.com, an independent journal of food, politics, travel and culture. It\u2019s a story well worth checking out.