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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name=Edward Joseph "Ed" Cullen, III<br>
| name=Edward Joseph "Ed" Cullen, III<br>
(American newspaper and radio journalist who specializes in human interest essays)
(American newspaper and radio journalist who specialized in human interest essays)
| image=Ed Cullen of LA.jpg
| birth_date=August 25, 1946
| birth_date=August 25, 1946
| birth_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]<br>
| birth_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]<br>
One of Cullen's more popular essays refers to his own neighborhood near the LSU campus, which suffered an increase in noise level when parents purchase residential homes for their college-age students, a newer trend unknown when Cullen himself was a student.
One of Cullen's more popular essays refers to his own neighborhood near the LSU campus, which suffered an increase in noise level when parents purchase residential homes for their college-age students, a newer trend unknown when Cullen himself was a student.
Cullen's regular Sunday column, ''Attic Salt,'' ran on the front page of the features section. He writes primarily on the obstacles and opportunities of daily living. Column topics, for instance, have included a look at the return of flip-flop footwear for the summer or the problems of planting vegetable gardens during the spring, a task Cullen himself faithfully undertakes each year. In his youth, Cullen had a paper route and worked at a snow-cone stand. From childhood memories, he recalled a girl who came to the stand and always ordered "Tutti Frutti" flavor. So he wrote an essay entitled "The Tutti-Frutti Girl." What to others might seem mundane or a non-story, Cullen can dig to the essence of life.
Cullen's regular Sunday column, ''Attic Salt,'' ran on the front page of the features section. He writes primarily on the obstacles and opportunities of daily living. Column topics, for instance, have included a look at the return of flip-flop footwear for the summer or the problems of planting vegetable gardens during the spring, a task Cullen himself faithfully undertakes each year. In his youth, Cullen had a paper route and worked at a snow-cone stand. From childhood memories, he recalled a girl who came to the stand and always ordered "Tutti Frutti" flavor. So he wrote an essay entitled "The Tutti-Frutti Girl." What to others might seem mundane or a non-story, Cullen can dig to the essence of life.
His NPR essays, carried on the [[Internet]] too, created demand for the publication of ''Letter in a Woodpile,'' the title of which is based on a note that he left for his son with instructions on how to start a fire at the family camp. His most heart-warming essay concerns [[Christmas]] 1959, the last Christmas with his mother in which he failed to receive the shortwave radio that he had been expecting. In "The Visitor," Cullen tells about a young man, "Sean," who drops by to see the house where he had grown up, the Cullen home: "We are drawn to our old houses hoping to find at least one thing that is the way we left it. We may hope to hear the voices that once warmed the walls. Failing that, it is enough to have gone home."<ref>''Letter in a Woodpile,'' p. 128.</ref>
His NPR essays, carried on the [[Internet]] too, created demand for the publication of ''Letter in a Woodpile,'' the title of which is based on a note that he left for his son with instructions on how to start a fire at the family camp. His most heart-warming essay concerns [[Christmas]] 1959, the last Christmas with his mother in which he failed to receive the shortwave radio that he had been expecting. In "The Visitor," Cullen tells about a young man, "Sean," who drops by to see the house where he had grown up, the Cullen home: "We are drawn to our old houses hoping to find at least one thing that is the way we left it. We may hope to hear the voices that once warmed the walls. Failing that, it is enough to have gone home."<ref>''Letter in a Woodpile,'' p. 128.</ref>
Regarding [[hurricane]]s, Cullen writes that "South Louisiana loves a hurricane that misses. The relationship between hurricane and homeowner is like the dance between bull and matador. It's a thrill to flirt with danger until horn or storm strikes home."<ref>''Letter in a Woodpile,'' p. 72.</ref>
Regarding [[hurricane]]s, Cullen writes that "South Louisiana loves a hurricane that misses. The relationship between hurricane and homeowner is like the dance between bull and matador. It's a thrill to flirt with danger until horn or storm strikes home."<ref>''Letter in a Woodpile,'' p. 72.</ref>
Cullen began working for ''The Advocate'' as an obituary clerk while he was attending LSU. Prior to his retirement, he had been a police, city hall, and school board reporter. He worked at no other newspaper, a stability relatively rare in a profession known for mobility.
Cullen began working for ''The Advocate'' as an obituary clerk while he was attending LSU. Prior to his retirement in 2013, he had been a police, city hall, and school board reporter. He worked at no other newspaper, a stability relatively rare in a profession known for mobility.
==References==
==References==