Jane Self is a 20-year newspaper veteran who was Features Editor at The Tuscaloosa News when the Fallen Warriors series began. After taking early retirement in 2007, she continued ...view moreJane Self is a 20-year newspaper veteran who was Features Editor at The Tuscaloosa News when the Fallen Warriors series began. After taking early retirement in 2007, she continued writing the articles on a freelance basis until the series ended in 2009.Prior to her newspaper career, Jane was a planner for the Georgia Department of Offender Rehabilitation and an educator for almost a decade in Louisiana and Alabama.She is now a freelance writer and editor living in Durham, North Carolina. She can be reached at jane@janeself.com.view less