Hoppins, Charles

Charles Hoppins is a semi-retired journalist with a passion for philosophy enhanced by formal graduate study and a lot of research. He has worked for The Associated Press and a number of newspapers as writer, assistant city editor, state editor and wire editor. Reporters working for news organizations are under constant pressure to produce copy and meet deadlines. The stories they cover often have serious ramifications that are dealt with only on a superficial basis. Troubled by the lack of time to do serious in depth reporting on a number of stories, he conceived of the idea of a research ins...