Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Post Tribune columnist, author, to visit DeMotte Library in April

Post-Tribune metro columnist Jerry Davich is a people person. Reaching out to northwest Indiana through daily articles featuring a variety of issues, people, and situations that draw the reader in, Davich manages to tug at heartstrings through the detailed chronicling of the everyday lives of ordinary people who go through extraordinary circumstances, shining a light on the darkest corners of society through the magic of the written word.

The DeMotte Library is proud to invite all interested adults to come to the library on Monday, April 11 at 1 pm, where Jerry Davich will be visiting, discussing his life as a journalist and talking about his book, “Connections: Everyone Happens for a Reason."

From the beginning of his journalism career in 1995 to his present day career as a full time metro columnist for the Post Tribune, the same newspaper he delivered as a boy, Jerry says he has “offered a voice to the voiceless “ and that “one story led to one hundred,” as he writes about a myriad of issues, including the last days of a woman suffering from terminal cancer, visiting Ground Zero just days after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, witnessing a coroner perform an autopsy, and skydiving out of a plane with a tape recorder in hand.

His book, “Connections” explores the timely and timeless need for human interaction in this fast paced, drive through society that we live in. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with this man whose journalism keeps northwest Indiana informed because he never leaves home without his pen, notebook and curiosity.

Copies of his book will be available for purchase. Sponsored by the Friends of the DeMotte Library, registration is available online at http://www.myjcpl.org/ or by visiting or calling the DeMotte Library at 987-2221.