William Joseph Tobin (July 28, 1927 – April 5, 2009) was an American newspaper journalist, reporter and editor.
[1] His early work at the Associated Press included transfers from Indianapolis to AP bureaus in New York City and Louisville, Kentucky.
He also accompanied then Senator John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign stops through Alaska, during the first U.S. presidential election in which Alaskans could fully participate.
Tobin called the owner of the Anchorage Times, Robert "Bob" Atwood in 1963 to inquire about any job prospects in Alaska.
[1] Bill Tobin was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in October 2008, the same month that the Voice of the Times ceased to be published in the Anchorage Daily News.