Managing Editor of The Times-Tribune Lawrence K. Beaupre Dies at 68
Posted: 11/13/2012 | By: Borys Krawczeniuk and Chris Kelly | Times-Tribune
Larry Beaupre's career in journalism began in upstate New York, where
as a young reporter he was part of the team that produced the Rochester
Times-Union's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Attica prison riots
of 1971.
It ended in Scranton, where as managing editor of The Times-Tribune,
he led the newspaper to dozens of state and national awards and oversaw
the transformation of Times-Shamrock newspapers into the largest
news-gathering team in Northeast Pennsylvania.
In the more than four decades in between, Mr. Beaupre built a reputation as a hard-nosed newspaperman who saw opportunities where others saw only obstacles, once even using a carrier pigeon to get photographs to the newsroom on deadline.
A husband, father, friend, mentor and leader, Mr. Beaupre touched the lives and guided the careers of countless journalists who mourned his death Sunday at the age of 68.
In the more than four decades in between, Mr. Beaupre built a reputation as a hard-nosed newspaperman who saw opportunities where others saw only obstacles, once even using a carrier pigeon to get photographs to the newsroom on deadline.
A husband, father, friend, mentor and leader, Mr. Beaupre touched the lives and guided the careers of countless journalists who mourned his death Sunday at the age of 68.