Almost None Of It Mattered
You know...it's weird.
Almost none of the bullshit I went through at The University Star mattered once it was all over.
Did I go overboard in thinking it did? Many times over, yes.
Did I learn some life lessons from my experiences in that newsroom? Yes.
My time at the San Angelo Standard-Times has been nothing short of amazing. Most of the people here have taken a sincere interest in helping me get better and they've not treated me as anything but a reporter for a daily newspaper.
I've had edits and re-writes. I disagreed with some of them, but I took the lessons in stride and wrote it better. That's why I'm here, right?
I don't know what I thought, but I know for a time, I wasn't ready to move on. Well, the Chips Quinn program beat that out of me pretty quickly.
They basically got it through our heads that in this industry, campus media has its place and using that as a crutch or a fallback in the Big Leagues is simply unaccepatable.
I now wish nothing but the best for The Star. That isn't to say I'll forget what happened to me, but I owe that paper more than my petty squabbles.
On the rest of my life as is, San Angelo's taking some getting used to. My lazy ass still hasn't finished unpacking everything and my living room is still messy, but not bad.
I've had some great centerpiece stories so far and should have a number of great clip opportunities in the near future.
Anyway, I'm out for the night. If anybody's still reading, say so.
Almost none of the bullshit I went through at The University Star mattered once it was all over.
Did I go overboard in thinking it did? Many times over, yes.
Did I learn some life lessons from my experiences in that newsroom? Yes.
My time at the San Angelo Standard-Times has been nothing short of amazing. Most of the people here have taken a sincere interest in helping me get better and they've not treated me as anything but a reporter for a daily newspaper.
I've had edits and re-writes. I disagreed with some of them, but I took the lessons in stride and wrote it better. That's why I'm here, right?
I don't know what I thought, but I know for a time, I wasn't ready to move on. Well, the Chips Quinn program beat that out of me pretty quickly.
They basically got it through our heads that in this industry, campus media has its place and using that as a crutch or a fallback in the Big Leagues is simply unaccepatable.
I now wish nothing but the best for The Star. That isn't to say I'll forget what happened to me, but I owe that paper more than my petty squabbles.
On the rest of my life as is, San Angelo's taking some getting used to. My lazy ass still hasn't finished unpacking everything and my living room is still messy, but not bad.
I've had some great centerpiece stories so far and should have a number of great clip opportunities in the near future.
Anyway, I'm out for the night. If anybody's still reading, say so.
posted by Joe at 9:36 PM
2 Comments:
You know what is weird I keep running into the same saying...for days this has been happening...
"The end result shouldn't what matter, because it is the struggle that got you there."
I love it. How true is it?
Thought I'd share
<3
Issy
While I do not do so professionally, I do write quite a bit. I have the record easily for Guest Columns in the Standard-Times. Had a great relationship with Jack Cowan, working on a good one with Ty, a really bright guy.
One secret to it has been that I take editing well. If my editor is unclear on what I meant, it is self-evident that I did not do a good job of getting my point made, regardless of how clear it seemed to me. Actually, I am More likely to appreciate good editing, looking back it has made my writing better on numerous articles.
One suggestion; turn on spell check. It ain't perfect, I come up with words all the time that are out side its limited vocabulary, but I bet it would have caught "unaccepatable".
Good luck, you are right about one thing, you have some really good people down at the paper.
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