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It's amazing what happens when you decide to buy stamps. Last night, I ran out of stamps for my graduation invitations. It was then that I decided to order more (at 11:30 pm) from the USPS store. When I went there, I looked at the new .42 stamp designs.
That's when saw them--stamps honoring American journalists. Looking at the five--Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Ruben Salazar, and Eric Sevareid--I was very surprised and happy to see someone, who to me, is perhaps the bravest journalist along side of of Ernie Pyle. Killed in California by the FBI, as he was doing his job, Ruben Salazar is being honored this week not only by the US Postal Service, but also by UTEP for his brave actions and excellent reporting skills. Born in Cd. Juarez, Salazar was a journalism graduate of Texas Western College, which now known as UTEP.
Not only a credit to journalism, but he is also a hero to the Latino/a community and all El Paso/Juarez citizens. Before now, one would have to know there is a room named Salazar on the UTEP campus, or see the freeway support mural at Lincoln Park to easily know about Salazar. But now, all can have a piece of Ruben Salazar when they pay a bill or mail a letter to a friend and send his story and image around the world.
