Chronicle books editor Fritz Lanham announces that metro/state columnist Rick Casey will serve as master of ceremonies for a literary event:
The Houston Chronicle’s Rick Casey, whose columns meld hardheaded reporting with common sense and a humane outlook on life, will serve as master of ceremonies for this year’s Book & Author Dinner.
Casey joined the Chronicle in August 2003, coming from the San Antonio Express-News. He had worked for the Express-News and for the San Antonio Light since 1987. Before that he edited two city magazines, worked as a reporter and editor for the Seattle Times, and freelanced for such publications as the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe and Newsweek.
Born in St. Louis, he has lived half his 57 years in Texas. He has won numerous awards, including twice in the past five years being named best general columnist for a major Texas newspaper by the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
Perhaps Casey can explain to the fine writers in attendance how his lifting of entire phrases from a Washington Post story by Dan Morgan without proper attribution earlier this year was not plagiarism.
