 This was a straightforward municipal reporting assignment (covering the Township Committee, the Planning Board and related functions).He took a position as senior editor at Whitaker Newsletters, Inc., assigned to "Health Professions Report", where he covered the American Medical Association, the American Nurses' Association and other medical industry issues, at the height of the nursing shortage in the late 1980s.In 1984 Francis founded "Generation", a weekly student magazine at the University at Buffalo.