Vann R. Newkirk II
Politics & Policy Staff Writer for the Atlantic

Dan Walters has been a journalist for nearly 57 years spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers.He began his professional career in 1960 at age 16 at the Humboldt Times in Eureka while still attending high school and turned down a National Merit scholarship to continue working as a journalist.
At one point in his career at age 22 he was the nationâs youngest daily newspaper editor.The Hanford Sentinel was the first of three newspaper editor positions before joining the Sacramento Unionâs Capitol bureau in 1975 just as Jerry Brown began his governorship.
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