Tami Humphreys
Design Editor
(402) 461-1254
thumphreys@hastingstribune.com

High School: Chase County High School in Imperial, Neb.

College and Major: Kearney State College; news-editorial

Life Before the Tribune: I didn't have a life before the Tribune.

Favorite color: Purple.

Favorite food: Anything chocolate.

Favorite (workday) drink: Diet Dr. Pepper.

If you won the lottery what would you do? Pay off my house; travel.

Do you need glasses to read? I'm practically blind without them

Your Super power? Reading people's minds.

Grrr: Omaha and Lincoln people who complain about having to travel outside their comfort area to attend events.

Wish from a Genie: Peace on earth (but hopefully I wouldn't get the kind Mulder got when he made the same wish on "The X-Files").

Best thing ever: Indoor plumbing.

Person dead or alive you'd like to interview and why? I'd say Jesus, but I'd probably be too tongue-tied to speak.

I've been working at the Tribune since I graduated from college. Ronald Reagan was serving his second term as president; the Night Stalker was captured in Los Angeles; "Back to the Future" opened in theaters; and scientists discovered the ozone hole. In other words, it's been a long time. I started as a reporter and covered about every beat there was except regional news. I became the wire editor after a few years and have been doing that ever since. I like the fact that I never know for sure what each day is going to bring.