Commentary by Eleanor Boswell-Raine,
Managing Editor

Chauncey worked for the Globe Newspaper Group as my senior journalist from 2005 until his departure in June of this year. Chauncey’s contribution to the growing success of our newspaper deserves recognition and attention. As his managing editor I could count on eight to 10 solid stories per week. Chauncey never shied away from assignments, last minute or planned. He was someone to be counted on to deliver the news without fail.

   Globe Publisher Vernon Whitmore summed up Chauncey’s profound contribution to his publication:
   “Publishing a community newspaper from scratch is a challenging prospect, especially when you count on advertising to keep the lights on. We had to prove to our advertisers that we had staying power before they were willing to spend their advertising dollars; that meant a lean staff, lean wages and working smart. Chauncey reported the local news, Eleanor held down contributing correspondents and the production crew and all of us sold advertising. I will always be grateful for Chauncey’s contribution to a fledgling newspaper that today has benefited from his contributions.”
    While Chauncey provided a travel column for the Post Newspaper Group, freelanced for other publications, and worked with Our TV as well as special projects of his own, he was the backbone of the Globe editorial staff. Chauncey also served as anchor/reporter for the Globe Magazine, an Our TV and the Globe venture; and cohosted the Globe Newspaper Hour on Jazzbeat radio with host Eddrick Osborne.

    Chauncey was important to the Globe editorial staff and will be remembered by all of them.
Z’ma Wyatt – Globe Photojournalist
    He [Chauncey] was the key that opened my dream door to the world of photojournalism. Now, all I have are memories of running to a press conference or working on a project at OUR TV. I can remember one of our deepest moments when he gave me a compliment that will always remain deep in my heart. His words to me were, “Z'ma! You are a photojournalist, write the caption!” Wow! To hear those words from such a high profiled highprofiled journalist. I was honored that he noticed my talent. He also said, “Never sell yourself short in thinking less of yourself as a black female photojournalist. I will carry those words to the end.”
Scott York, Globe Photojournalist
    “During local community events, Chauncey typically pointed out everyone's name and their place in the community. He seemed to know everyone; even those not frequently in the public spotlight. On interviews I watched him deliver quick witted questions, always with a penchant for driving at the truth. In real-time motion I watched him filter facts from respondent's answers, absorb them into his perception of the truth, and redirect his line of questioning with split second precision. And as busy and time pressured as stories go, Chauncey always took the time to ask my opinion of the story we were covering.”
Felicia D. McDaniel, Globe Sports Editor
   “My memories of Chauncey are him sitting in Globe staff meetings dressed impeccably and asking questions that truly mattered when it came to the community. I was immediately impressed with his knowledge and his drive to do the work needed to get a job well done. What will always stay in my memory is the last time I saw him at a Caribbean event in June. He greeted me with a warm smile and was concerned about my physical recovery from surgery; that was the way it was with us, he always wanted to know how I was doing. Never at a lost for dialog, Chauncey was forever picking my brain about sports even on those days where I wanted a reprieve - “So Felicia, how are the Warriors going do this season…”
Pearl and Mel Shaw, FUNdraising column editors
    The last conversation we had with Chauncey was about investors to help produce his screenplay “Love Ain’t Easy.” Chauncey never stopped exploring ways to make a difference in the lives of African- Americans. Media was the way in which he sought to affect positive change and he has made lasting contributions. We hope his legacy will be emulated by up and coming writers and journalists.
Sandra Varner, Entertainment Contributor
   “I think it best to start this tribute at the beginning: Chauncey Bailey and Sandra Varner did not always get along. As the gruff reporter he could sometimes be, Bailey assumed that I was always hiding something from him. Why? Because I am a publicist and unfortunately, some in my industry withhold the truth. He couldn’t accept my Southern hospitality and pleasant demeanor at face value because he thought I was just out to “spin” a story for my clients.”
   “As time passed we would engage in numerous exchanges over news items and community related activities, and somewhere along the way, we became colleagues, then friends. My last in-person conversation with him was one week prior to his death. It was such a playful and upbeat discussion that I remembered thinking to myself, ‘we had come a long way.’”
   “Today and for years to come, I will mourn his absence, his tenacity. You see, I thought like countless others, that Chauncey would grow into a crusty old newsman working well into his 80’s and 90’s because he lived to ‘tell the story.’”
   “We mourn more than his death. We also mourn the demise of another black man’s future, too, a loss within the African-American community. No one wins. So I implore us to make a commitment to working out our differences no matter how drastic and vast, no matter if we stand on opposite ends of an opinion, a belief, a political platform or whatever it may be.”
    In June, the Globe announced that Chauncey Bailey was leaving the Globe to pursue other multi-media interests. Shortly thereafter, he accepted the position as Editor of the Post Newspaper, and after two short months met his demise.
    Words can’t express how we feel about Chauncey today. Our prayer is that we never again will see a fellow journalist’s life extinguished for reporting the news and keeping faith with a community who needs faith to survive these troubled times.
    We send our heartfelt condolences and prayers to Chauncey’s son, father and siblings who are bearing the brunt of grief and pain.