I had the pleasure of not only meeting Laurie Hertzel but sharing a meal and great conversation with her when she came up to Grand Forks to speak at our annual Hagerty Lecture given at our local newspaper. Reading how she worked her way up in the journalism world and how her career was pretty much thrown in her face was exciting and extremely enjoyable for me. I'm very grateful for not only being able to meet Laurie but being able to live vicariously through her early journalism days through 'News to Me'.