Scott Williams: Death of Cokie Roberts is a loss to journalism, and to us all – Salt Lake Tribune

Contemporary Washington and a modern news business often driven by technology rather than judgment doesn’t have a modern version of Cokie Roberts in its midst, and that is a loss to us all. She saw her fellow citizens with responsibilities of power as who they are, flawed, fragile, ambitious, dedicated human beings trying to drive the nation forward because, well, its our country, and citizens have to drive it. That didn’t mean she held her reporting punches, but they were often delivered with a measure of context and knowledge that truly informed rather than simply impressed.