Look and Listen

Biography

DAVE LIEBER has been a newspaperman for 30 years. He won the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award as the newspaper columnist who did good works for his community. Dave was named the Best Columnist in the U.S. Southwest by the Press Club of Dallas. He is the author of five books, including The Dog of My Nightmares: Stories by Texas Columnist Dave Lieber and Dave Lieber's Watchdog Nation: Bite Back When Businesses and Scammers Do You Wrong. Fans say his new BadDad is his best work yet!

Inspiration

One of my favorite words is epiphany — a sudden insight that changes the way you view the world. Speakers and writers like me better have these quite often, or we aren’t worth a darn. Mine came when I realized that 21st century journalism must be different from the kind I practiced during the early part of my career. Readers don’t care what’s on my mind. They want a newspaperman like me to work for them, to be on their side, to help them win fights they can’t win on their own. My bosses at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram figured this out before I did when they created a new job for me as The Watchdog investigative columnist, which combines column writing narrative storytelling and investigative reporting. Newspaper ads announced the new position with this tagline: “Finally, you’ve got somebody in your corner.” From the first day, this column was incredibly popular with readers. The mail is never-ending. The problems never stop. I strive to discover solutions.