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George Diepenbrock (General assignment reporter)
I was born at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, but when I was 3, my family moved from Lawrence to southwest Kansas. I grew up in Liberal, and in 2000, I started at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., where I earned a bachelor's degree in English in 2004.
The first person I ever interviewed was Darin Headrick, my middle school principal when I was in sixth grade. He’s now the superintendent of Greensburg schools leading a rebuilding effort amid the devastating 2007 tornado.
Aside from my West Middle School newspaper class, I picked up my interest in journalism as a summer intern reporter at the Southwest Daily Times in Liberal. My editors joked about their method to teach me fairness and objectivity. I covered the school board while my dad started serving his first term.
After I graduated from Knox, I worked for one year as a reporter in Liberal until I returned to Lawrence to attend journalism graduate school at Kansas University. That July of 2005, I also began working as a part-time reporter at the Journal-World.
In June 2007, I started work at The World Company full-time, and I have mostly worked as a general assignment reporter, meaning two things: I get to either cover whatever I want or whatever my editors tell me to for our Web site, the newspaper and 6News.
In my spare time, I follow KU sports teams, try to tackle my reading list, and watch way too much football. I refuse to give up on the Kansas City Chiefs.
You can also follow me on Twitter, where I try to provide updates on court proceedings, political speeches and news.
Recent stories
- Democratic candidate vies for moderates’ votes
- November 22, 2009
- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wiggans identifies his political views as “moderate” on his campaign’s Facebook page.
- Lawrence men build homes a world away
- Communication, climate present challenges at Thailand work site
- November 22, 2009
- Language barriers and hot and humid temperatures couldn’t stop two Lawrence men and volunteers from around the world from building homes for the needy in Thailand last week.
- Four decades in crisis mode
- Headquarters Counseling Center has become a Lawrence institution
- November 21, 2009
- “We Never Close.” That was the short but clear slogan for the Headquarters Counseling Center in central Lawrence when a small group started it in November 1969. Four decades later it’s a Lawrence institution.
- Former independent counsel praises Constitution in speech
- System for investigating U.S. officials ‘was not sound,’ he says in interview
- November 20, 2009
- If Ken Starr could change the U.S. Constitution, he would eliminate the requirement that the president must be a natural-born citizen.
- Malls still a fixture after 50 years
- Kief’s owner recalls store’s beginnings
- November 18, 2009
- John Kiefer remembers the early days when he opened Kief’s Records and Hi-Fi in a space at The Malls Shopping Center, on the southwest corner of 23rd and Louisiana streets.
- Douglas County to mail property tax bills soon; payments due Dec. 21
- November 16, 2009
- The Douglas County Treasurer’s Office will mail real estate and personal property tax bills Thursday.
- Fair Trade Holiday Market opens Nov. 27 in Lawrence
- November 12, 2009
- Beginning later this month, Lawrence’s annual Fair Trade Holiday Market will return to Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
- County endorses CritiTech proposal
- Commissioners unanimously give initial approval for plan
- November 12, 2009
- The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday night gave the second major vote of confidence this week to a $2.9 million proposal for the city and county to purchase a west Lawrence laboratory building.
- Group mobilizes for issue advocacy
- Democrats organizing listening tours
- November 11, 2009
- Days after the House narrowly passed a major health care reform bill, about 30 Lawrence-area residents gathered at the Kansas Union Tuesday to discuss further strategies on advancing the legislation.
- U.S. Marines of all ages celebrate 234th birthday of Corps
- November 10, 2009
- Marine survivors from every major American military operation since World War II were represented as about 200 Lawrence area Marines celebrated the Corps’ 234th birthday on Tuesday at the Dole Institute of Politics.
Recent photos
Douglas County Commission candidates Nancy Thellman, left, listens to an answer from her opponent David L. Brown during Thursday night's forum at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. 6News Director Cody Howard moderated the forum sponsored by the Voter Education Coalition.
Douglas County Third District candidates Jim Flory, left, and Ken Grotewiel, talk after their forum on the issues Thursday night at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Grace Clark, from left, Grace Bova, Nora Byers, Sophie Tate and Sophie Laufer, all Central Junior High School students, have qualified to compete in the National History Day competition June 15-19 at the University of Maryland in College Park. The students earned the trip after they entered history projects at the Kansas History Day competition last weekend in Topeka.
Bishop Seabury Academy seventh-graders Santi Martinez-Sosa, left, and Frank Brou hold signs of appreciation for donors and trustees Friday morning during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new arts building on the campus, 4120 Clinton Parkway.
Gilbert Reese, left, his wife, Lou, and Don Schawang, Bishop Seabury Academy's head of school, walk away from a Friday morning groundbreaking for a new campus building, Reese Hall, to house the arts at the private school. Grandparents of two Seabury students, the Reeses are from Granville, Ohio, and had agreed to match grants for the capital campaign up to $500,000. School leaders hope the building will be ready this spring.
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