TODAY is a sad day in the history of The Inverell Times, as the newspaper bids farewell to its long-time manager Jenny Baldwin.
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After 32 years Jenny is heading into retirement, which will probably be spent looking after her grandchildren as well as wildlife that need a home
It brings an end to an era for the Times, as the newspaper goes through great change, which will include leaving its Vivian Street premises, where it has operated from since 1939.
While Jenny’s time at the paper does not go back that far, it does goes back to a time before computers, and no one could have imagined there would one day be an Inverell Times website which could deliver news and videos as events happened.
Jenny started working at the Times in the advertising department back in 1984, after moving from 2NZ where she had worked as a copy writer.
To begin with at the Times she worked in sales part-time, before becoming a full-time staff member then later sales manager.
In the late 1980s, the previous manager of the Times was leaving and Jenny and the editor at the time were both considered for the manager’s position.
Jenny was given the job, and ever since has worked from the office in the front corner of the building, overlooking Vivian Street.
Over the last decade she has been the regional manager for five newspapers in the area, which included Goondiwindi and Moree to the west, and Tenterfield and Glen Innes to the east.
She became greatly appreciated by the newspaper staff, as well as the general public, in those communities.
That was largely due to her ability to treat all people well, and the day-to-day interest she took in the newspapers and the work of the staff.
Jenny also served as a councillor with Country Press NSW, an industry body that represented newspapers across regional NSW, over the past 10 years.
I worked as editor of the Times during the final eight years of Jenny’s time as manager and we enjoyed a great working relationship. She was a great mentor when it came to managing people.
It is difficult to imagine the Times without her, but I wish her well in retirement, as I’m sure all my former colleagues do.
Laurie Bullock (editor of The Inverell Times, 2008-2016)