Otis Sanford
Columnist
Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu.
There are 254 articles by Otis Sanford :
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October 2018
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Otis Sanford What might he have been thinking? And what was he saying?
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September 2018
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Otis Sanford Lee seems well-positioned to break the 52-year trend of the governor’s office alternating between the two major parties - or is he?
If you believe the polls, Republican Bill Lee is steamrolling toward victory in the Tennessee governor’s race. -
Otis Sanford Potentially game-changing Blackburn-Bredesen Senate race features two strategies: national vs. local
Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is doing all she can to nationalize her race for the U.S. Senate. -
Sanford’s goals: Inform, enlighten and provoke (when necessary)
It was unusually cold in Memphis – even for the dead of winter – with a couple inches of fresh snow on the ground when I checked in at the metro desk of The Commercial Appeal on Jan. 10, 1977, for my first day as a general assignment reporter. My initial assignment, of course, was to write a weather story. Then as now, even a minor snowfall is a serious disruptor in Memphis and front-page news.
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