Andrew “Drew” Degen

Editor’s note: In the weeks before he died, Andrew Degen outlined the obituary he wanted to see written about himself. His partner of 53 years, Sandra Degen, filled in some of the gaps, but the following largely follows his plan for what he thought people should know about him.

Andrew “Drew” Degen was born Dec. 3, 1945, in Flushing, Queens, New York. He died at his Mud Bay home on Nov. 18,…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...