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- - Macon-Bibb.com - - "All Things
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- - Macon-Bibb.com - - "All Things
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1) Vic Jones' razor wit, x-ray insights and golden vocabulary make him a unique combination of Lewis Grizzard, Ralph McGill and William Faulkner. If you haven't read Vic Jones. your knowledge of the South has a big hole in it. --- Bill Shipp, Editor Georgia Trends Magazine , Syndicated Columnist & the "Dean" of Georgia Opinion Writing. www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2461 www.billshipponline.com ************ 2) "As a photographer, writer, and social activist, Victor Jones is a true Renaissance man for all seasons, who wages war against wrong-doings of all kinds. Macon, Georgia, has a rare treasure in our friend Vic Jones!" --- Pat Conroy, author of 'The Prince of Tides and Cassandra King, author of 'The Sunday Wife.' www.cassandrakingconroy.com www.patconroy.com ************ 3) I don't see why Victor Jones' affectionate wit and wry views on tradition,community, individual triumph and folly, shouldn't be cherished by editors throughout the region. That man can write. His words pour out, like the words of an old friend who knows what's what. He kinda likes everyone around, sees a little room for improvement, and hatches mischievous plans that might just straighten everything out, and at any rate, illuminates the lay of the land. He's a rare, precious, and generous asset. --- Mark Kramer, fan and also writer-in-residence & Founding Director of the Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism at Harvard University www.nieman.harvard.edu/narrative/digest/resources/bios/kramer-m.html ************ 4) The 2006 Humanitarian of the year is an online journalist and a political activist. He is a fund raiser, gardener and loves all his cousins. He is passionate about children, music, animals, safe neighborhoods, crooked politicians, and soul food. He and his Protégés wear press passes as they interview senators, congressmen, and television personalities. He has a wonderful sense of humor. --- June O’neal, Executive Director Mentor’s Project, December 2006 ************ 5) If Studs Terkel, Hunter S. Thompson and Hank Williams Jr. underwent a Vulcan mind meld, the result would approximate the ineffable Vic Jones. His intrepid grassroots journalism is provocative proof of the proposition that that all politics is local. --- Diane McWhorter, Pulitzer Prize winning author of “Carry Me Home.” www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=334519 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_McWhorter ************* 6) "Victor Jones is the perfect embodiment of activism, smarts and guts. With his camera as his instrument and passion his bayonet, Jones is an infectious dynamo reflecting the spirit of Upton Sinclair and Thomas Paine- a leader to those few who still give a damn." --- Jake Jacobson: Westwood One/CBS Radio SE Operations Entertainment Bureau Chief Woodruff Arts Center Director of Film 14Th St. Playhouse Festival Director Italian Riviera Film Festival ************ 7) Thanks for your support and alliance. Your work is exceptional. Your photographs tell a 1,000 words, capture a moment, preserve a memory, and shall forever remind us of our mission and goal to preserve and protect a timeless treasure. ~ Rep. Eddie LaGrone Muscogee (Creek) National Council Muskogee District www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov/ ************ 8) Gonzo journalism is alive and well and residing in Macon, Georgia in the personage of Vic Jones. He is acerbic, satirical, humorous and right on. --- Blake Clark, Actor/Comedian, Hollywood, Ca. www.blakeclark.net/ ************ 9) America needs more progressive voices like Victor Jones. Like Howard Beale in the Oscar-winning film, "Network," he's mad as hell and ain't gonna take it any more. ---Steve Govoni, Board Member “New York Financial Writers Association” nyfwa.org and President, Connecticut Center for Patient Safety www.ctcps.org www.nyfwa.org ************ 10) “I thought that would be the last I’d hear from Victor, and the Harvard Nieman Editor‘s Conference, after all, this seminar was limited to 60 writers and editors from all over the world. Why would they accept a little old columnist from Macon? Well Shazaam. I got an e-mail from Harvard telling me I’d been selected. Thanks to Victor, I can put terms to some of the things I already do. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” ~ Excerpts from Charles E. Richardson’s 3/21/06 Telegraph (Macon, Georgia) Column RE: Mr.Richardson’s Harvard Nieman School of Narrative Journalism Editor's Conference Nomination. www.macon.com/150/index.html ************ 11) Georgia Literary Festival Panelist on Opinion Writing ~ 2006 Georgia Literary Festival with Don McGourik, Charles Richardson & Victor Jones www.georgialiteraryfestival.org/ ************ 12) North Macon Neighborhood Watch Medal of Honor "This Medal of Honor is presented to Vic Jones for his conspicuous generosity, leadership, support and dedication to the North Macon Neighborhood Watch. May all who read these words know that Vic Jones is a true friend of our Neighborhoods, a fighter who won't give up and an outstanding member of our community who unselfishly gives of himself ot make us all safer and more secure." ---Presented by the North Macon, Georgia Neighborhood Watch 2009 ************ 13) Victor Jones is one of the world's
most useful citizens. He takes his responsibilities about as seriously
as one can who proceeds by means of wit and affection--which is
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