Douglas Schorzman: A journey from small town newspaper to the Big Apple

Many people know at an early age what they want to do for a career as an adult, for Douglas Schorzman he knew at age 15 what he wanted to do: work in journalism.

He is the son of Lee and Claudia Schorzman, and a 1988 graduate of Lind High School. Doug has four brothers, Boyd, Britt, Steve and Tim.

In the fall of 1985, as a sophomore, Doug began working for The Ritzville Adams County Journal. The Journal’s main reporter at the time, Patrick Sullivan, had heard that Doug attended journalism camp at Washington State University and asked Doug to start writing. Doug started covering Lind sporting e...