Oh boy, I love pointing out the mistakes of news organizations that passed on my services. Here's an excerpt from the Waterbury Republican-American, which won a Pulitzer Prize sometime before the dawn of color television. For the record, the man shown below is Naugatuck Mayor Mike Bronko.
The "r" would have caused the headline to spill into two lines, so it's understandable why they would leave it off.
And I'm not a bitter person: I just play one on the Internet.
I'm an online producer for the Hartford Courant. I'm also a journalism graduate student at Quinnipiac. I'm moving to downtown Hartford this month, so that's cool.