Episode 17 - Doug Burns shares amazing insight into the loss that changed him after his family owned a publication for 93 years

From Loss to Light

Our guest for episode 17 shares with us how he has found his light after the loss of his identity after the sell of his families 93 year business. Doug shares amazing insight and advice for all of us to lean into for ANY life lessons. Give this episode a listen through as we talk about so many aspects of loss and how light is found and perspectives we all take.

LinkedIn profile: Douglas Burns is a fourth – generation Iowa journalist and the former long – time co – owner of the Carroll and Jefferson, Iowa newspapers. Burns is a regular contributor to La Prensa Iowa Spanish – language newspaper and Des Moines City View magazine. Burns, who lives in Carroll, Iowa, where he has overseen the newsrooms of his family’s newspapers, has written for Inside Washington Publishers in Washington, D.C., The Palm Beach Post in Florida and the Ames Tribune and Iowa Independent . Burns is also the business development director for Latino IQ, an organization that helps clients build connections in the Iowa’s growing Latino Community. Burns is a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative which features several prominent Iowa authors and journalists. He is an instructor at the Okoboji Writers Retreat each fall and is 2019 Carroll (Iowa) Citizen Of The Year. Burns is an alum of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Burns is also the founder of The Western Iowa Journalism Foundation.