Rural Missouri Magazine Interviews Monroe-Ralls Staff

September 30, 2021
L-R Holly Billett, Lacey Shumard, Robin Gregg with Rural Missouri Magazine Editor, Jim McCarty. L-R Holly Billett, Lacey Shumard, Robin Gregg with Rural Missouri Magazine Editor, Jim McCarty.

By Robin Gregg

As newspaper publisher and Lacey editor, we are used to asking the questions, not answering them. It was a different setting for us.

The Monroe-Ralls staff (Robin Gregg, Lacey Shumard, and Holly Billett) was interviewed by Jim McCarty, Editor, Rural Missouri Magazine this morning in our Paris office. We discussed the legacy of small-town newspapers and the story behind our Norman Rockwell Painting. We talked about how newspapers have changed over the years and where they are heading towards. It was a part history-part evolution opportunity. We will be in the November Rural Missouri Magazine edition.

We felt very honored to have Jim come and speak to us! It definitely brought back the reasoning why we love our jobs!!!! The story behind the story!!!!!!