About Us
The Rappahannock Voice is the personal blog of James P. Gannon, who lives in Rappahannock County, Virginia. He is a lifelong journalist, a native Minnesotan, a father of seven, a practicing Catholic and a political conservative with a dim view of both major political parties and is a member of neither.
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The Rappahannock Voice was founded in October 2006 by James P. Gannon. He worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal for 17 years before becoming the Editor of The Des Moines Register, Iowa’s largest daily newspaper. Under his leadership, The Register won three Pulizer Prizes and was named to Time magazine’s list of the ten best daily newspapers in America. After leaving The Register, Gannon returned to Washington, D.C., where he had worked for The Wall Street Journal, to become Washington Bureau Chief for The Detroit News and to write a national affairs column for the Gannett Co. newspapers.
He also is author of two books, Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers, a history of the immigrant Irish who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War, and A Life in Print, a compilation of his columns and articles from his 35-year newspaper career. Both books are available from Blackwater Publications.