Commentary
OIL CITY, Pennsylvania—The Derrick will be no more.
The full moon peaks above the clouds next to a reconstructed 1880s style oil derrick in a file photo. AP Photo/J. David Ake
Salena Zito
Author
Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
