Oregon Media Insiders

My grandmother called him a "desperado," but David Hume Kennerly came out of Roseburg to work at the Oregon Journal, become the official photographer of the Ford White House, and win a Pulitzer Prize. His work is all over the place this week with Ford's passing, and it's worth noting that he was one of us.

Why did my grandma call him a desperado? He lived across the street from her in Roseburg. One day around 1959, when he was probably in 6th grade or so, he and another kid wanted to build a fort, but they had no yard. "Hey, Mrs. Webster's yard looks good!" So they got some lumber and set to work in my grandma's front yard. No, they didn't ask first. Yes, she chased them off but good. :)