A few thoughts on @JeffPlatsky on his last day at the Press & Sun-Bulletin. 1/6 https://www.pressconnects.com/story/opinion/2020/12/01/jeff-platsky-closing-45-year-journalism-career-no-regrets/6400089002/

When I was a kid, my dad poured over Jeff's business page in the print edition every day during breakfast. It was ritual. Bank mergers, NYSEG rates, Lockheed helicopter program. 2/6

Jeff was an early adopter and trendsetter locally in online journalism, blogging, Twitter, live streaming political debates and public meetings. Many years before these tools were ubiquitous and easy to manage. 3/6

I read Jeff's watchdog work when I was in college studying journalism. The volume and depth of his reporting — sometimes relying just on public docs when newsmakers or corporations wouldn't talk — was worthy of national publications. 4/6

Working at City Hall, which Jeff sometimes covered, I found his stories were insightful, tough, but always fair. Whether a contentious zoning board meeting or nuance of municipal finance, Jeff informed the public with clarity and residents got straight facts. 5/6

Above all, with 40 years of experience in Binghamton journalism, Jeff understood better than anyone the arc of local issues — considering the community's challenges and achievements through a long lens. For folks living here for generations, that really mattered. 6/6