Kevin Austin, who has been named publisher of The Ironton (Ohio) Tribune, got his start in the newspaper business with a paper route in his hometown of Lansing, Michigan.
“I always wanted to read about Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson in the sports section,” he said of the Michigan State University point guard, who led the Spartans to a national championship in 1979 and went on to become a five-time NBA champion and two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
