{"id":2393,"date":"2012-02-06T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2012-02-06T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T15:00:35","slug":"staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet business editor and Weekly Record editor Cathy Hirko. Just last week she was at the York Builders Association Show with Buffy Andrews<\/a> and business reporter Sean Adkins, sharing with the community how they can become part of the Daily Record’s digital first news-gathering team<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Name:<\/strong> Cathy Hirko
\nLives in:<\/strong> West Manchester Township
\nHometown:<\/strong> Jersey Shore, Pa.
\nPosition at the YDR:<\/strong> Business Editor
\nYears with the YDR:<\/strong> 11 years
\nGraduated from:<\/strong> Lock Haven University
\nWith a degree in:<\/strong> Journalism\/public relations
\nTwitter:<\/strong> @CathyHirko<\/a>
\nFacebook:<\/strong> www.facebook.com\/cathy.hirko<\/a>
\nWhatever you’d like to tell us about yourself:<\/strong> When I have time, I like to make jewelry.<\/p>\n

1. What made you want to become a journalist?<\/strong> Couldn’t get a job in PR. No, seriously. My first job was with a newspaper, a part-time gig. And I loved it. Really loved it. \u00a0I’ve been a journalism junkie ever since.<\/p>\n

2. How do you see journalism changing?<\/strong> I don’t think I have ever seen it NOT changing. But, people still want to read a good story. We are just figuring out what platforms to relay that information. It’s not enough anymore to just want to write. It’s about engaging the reader and making them care about you and your work.<\/p>\n

3. What do you like most about your job? The least?<\/strong> I love working with people who are excited about what they do, are always looking to improve their work and are challenging themselves. \u00a0The older I get, the more I realize how much I have to learn and how much I want to learn.<\/p>\n

4. It\u2019s 9:30 a.m. on a day off. What are you doing?<\/strong> Hopefully just relaxing at home. A perfect morning is enjoying a warm cup of coffee and watching either a Food Network show or a DIY project show.<\/p>\n

5. What’s been your favorite project or story recently? Why?: <\/strong>I don’t really have one. I will say that I like to see our journalists get excited about their work. We tend to benefit the most when journalists have a passion for what they do.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. The drink that\u2019s on your desk right now is:<\/strong> Water or coffee, and right now I’m out of both.<\/p>\n

7. Your favorite journalism-related blog you read or Twitter feed you follow: <\/strong>
\n<\/strong> I don’t have one blog specifically. I like the tidbits that Romenesko offers, but I don’t follow him regularly. I think the advantage to Twitter is that you don’t have to follow anyone in particular. The stories\/news always tends to find me.<\/p>\n

8. What\u2019s the last movie you saw in theaters? The last book you read?<\/strong> I rarely go to the movies. \u00a0I don’t know if it was the last book, but I read “The Help” earlier in 2011. It’s a really good book.<\/p>\n

9. What\u2019s your favorite place in York County?<\/strong> My home. I’m rarely there, so anytime I get to be at home with family, it’s a blessing.<\/p>\n

10. What\u2019s one piece of newsroom jargon that had to be explained to you?<\/strong> Bonnet. The first time I heard it I thought they were referring to a woman’s hat. [Editor’s note: The bonnet is composed of the (usually two) boxes below the paper’s name on the front page. They refer to newsworthy stories inside other sections.]<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

Last week, we ran a Q&A with night police reporter Rebecca LeFever<\/a>. To read all of the staff Q&A interviews we\u2019ve done so far, click on the \u201cStaff Q&As\u201d under \u201cAbout us\u201d at the top of the homepage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet business editor and Weekly Record editor Cathy Hirko. Just last week she was at the York Builders Association Show with Buffy Andrews and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,13,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes-2","category-business","category-editor","category-staff-qas"],"yoast_head":"\nStaff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko - YDR Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko - YDR Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet business editor and Weekly Record editor Cathy Hirko. Just last week she was at the York Builders Association Show with Buffy Andrews and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"YDR Insider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-06T15:00:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/02\/cathyHirko-e1328302670945.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"YDR Insider\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"YDR Insider\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"YDR Insider\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3c3b5465237ef91e8831a57fedd7daa7\"},\"headline\":\"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-06T15:00:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":619,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Behind the scenes\",\"Business\",\"Editor\",\"Staff Q&As\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/\",\"name\":\"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko - YDR Insider\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-06T15:00:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3c3b5465237ef91e8831a57fedd7daa7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/\",\"name\":\"YDR Insider\",\"description\":\"Part of the USA Today Network\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3c3b5465237ef91e8831a57fedd7daa7\",\"name\":\"YDR Insider\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/ydrinsider\\\/author\\\/ydrinsider\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko - YDR Insider","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko - YDR Insider","og_description":"To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will run on Mondays. This morning, meet business editor and Weekly Record editor Cathy Hirko. Just last week she was at the York Builders Association Show with Buffy Andrews and","og_url":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/","og_site_name":"YDR Insider","article_published_time":"2012-02-06T15:00:35+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/02\/cathyHirko-e1328302670945.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"YDR Insider","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"YDR Insider","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/"},"author":{"name":"YDR Insider","@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/#\/schema\/person\/3c3b5465237ef91e8831a57fedd7daa7"},"headline":"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko","datePublished":"2012-02-06T15:00:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/"},"wordCount":619,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Behind the scenes","Business","Editor","Staff Q&As"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/","url":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/","name":"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko - YDR Insider","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-02-06T15:00:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/#\/schema\/person\/3c3b5465237ef91e8831a57fedd7daa7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/staff-qas-meet-business-editor-cathy-hirko\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Staff Q&As: Meet business editor Cathy Hirko"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/#website","url":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/","name":"YDR Insider","description":"Part of the USA Today Network","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/#\/schema\/person\/3c3b5465237ef91e8831a57fedd7daa7","name":"YDR Insider","url":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/author\/ydrinsider\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/ydrinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}