Considered an expert in energy policy, Daryl Owen began his career in [[Washington, D.C.]], as an aide and then chief of staff to former [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], a Shreveport Democrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.owendc.com/team/|title=Daryl Owen Associates, Inc.|publisher=owendc.com|accessdate=July 10, 2012}}</ref> Daryl Owen recalls his father's pioneering journalism: "There was no rulebook, there were no guidelines. They had to make it up on the fly, what the ethics were, how to deal with some of the greater issues of the day. They had to desegregate the newsroom. They put the first black anchor on the air. He pioneered the industry.”<ref name=stimes/>