Jeff Rea, author of The Shineman Legacy: The Founder Speaks, has more than 40 years experience in communications. He worked as a reporter, editor and manager at the former Herald-Journal and The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com for 32 years. On retirement, he taught journalism courses at SUNY Oswego, his alma mater, then joined the college’s Office of Communications and Marketing for nearly 10 years, retiring in 2019. This is Jeff’s first book. He is currently at work on his first novel.