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Part of the reason I miss the newsroom at times like this is being able to use the wire as my personal newspaper. It's amazing how much great coverage you'll find on the wire that rarely gets used because of time restraints. I used to be one of the gatekeepers for the small city where I worked. Now, I have to depend on others to keep the gate for me and it gets frustrating at times. The Internet is great in giving me a multitude of gates, but honestly most sources don't put up much more than would go in their print versions. The other part I miss is having people who geek out about the news to talk to. In my job, I don't get to talk to many adults, and even if I did, most are more interested in other topics that lack interest for me. Don't get get started with the students. Teenagers are notoriously Libyan when it comes to the news.
4 comments:
I know what you mean. I never worked at a paper, but it's always nice to have people around with similar interests.
Yeah, we were REALLY informed during our time on the copy desk. It was fun whenever anyone said, "So did you hear about ..." and I could automatically say, "Yes! Here's every detail on the subject."
Maybe if the Kardashians weren't so darn interesting we'd have something else to talk about.
I think the Kardashians are Armenian, which happens to be my favorite historically oppressed minority group.
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