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Journalist becomes a judge in Athens Ohio
ATHENS Ohio AP Eleven years ago Tom Hodson was a law student chasing a journalism degree He ended up in a courtroom serving as Athens County municipal judge at 33 He still writes freelance articles and teaches public affairs journalism at Ohio University Hodson loves journalism and may debate free press issues He recalls saying no comment to reporters and jokes about being a professional schizophrenic Hodson crossed the town gown gap becoming a civic and university leader from OU student in the late 1960s to a judge in 1979 reflecting on radical years and the era of great excitement.
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