Columbia Daily Tribune
Cathy Salter is a distinguished columnist and author, currently contributing a weekly column titled "Notes From Boomerang Creek" to the Columbia Daily Tribune and the Boone County Journal since September 1997. Salter's literary work includes the book "Notes from Breakfast Creek," which was reviewed in the New York Review of Books on July 7, 2012. Prior experience includes serving as a Geography Educator for the National Geographic Society from June 1987 to October 1988, where coordination of the Missouri Geographic program spanned 13 years. Additionally, Salter taught Geography and History in the Los Angeles Unified School District from September 1975 to June 1987 and volunteered with the Peace Corps in Bangkok, Thailand, from August 1967 to February 1970, focusing on teaching English as a Second Language. Salter holds a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, earned between 1963 and 1967.
Columbia Daily Tribune
Columbia Daily Tribune is a family-owned daily newspaper, covering Boone and surrounding counties in Central Missouri. It also has a national commercial printing division.Columbia Daily Tribune has online and mobile editions, and it is home-delivered in Boone and 5 contiguous counties. It employs more than 200 people and is the winner of hundredsof state and national awards for content and quality. The newspaper is also a member of the Associated Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation, Missouri Press Association, and Newspaper Association of America.Columbia Daily Tribune was founded in 1901, as Columbia’s first daily newspaper. It is owned by the Waters family since 1905 and is based in Columbia, Missouri.