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BOB WELCH WRITES a three-times-a-week column for The Register-Guard, Oregon’s second-largest newspaper. The most recent ones can be accessed by clicking here.
His “Close to Home” blog links to columns he’s written in The Register-Guard.
In December 2011, Welch joined with RG Graphics Editor Rob Romig and Assistant Graphics Editor Paul Carter to produce a four-day, 24-page series, “Call of Duty,” on Lane County’s World War II veterans. In March, the series was honored by Editor & Publisher magazine in its “Ten Papers That Do It Right” feature.
After the Haiti earthquakes, a number of readers requested re-runs of the two columns Welch wrote on that country in June and July of 2009 after going there with a Haiti Foundation of Hope team. Here they are:
Just hit this link and click on the “Slideshow” tab for Welch’s Haiti slideshow
Finally, his column on Haiti following the earthquake.



