Ink Stain

On the fast track down the ladder

9:32 AM, 8/17/2007 .. 0 comments .. Link

Who knew that a $600 piece of technology I'll probably never own would drive me back into the embrace of a harsh mistress?

After an iPhone story I wrote on a whim back in July, I got this nasty itch. Normally I would rush to my doctor while drowning my memories of that unforgettable night in Bangkok with the soothing sips of Johnny Walker Blue. But since I've never actually been to Bangkok, which is hilarious to say a few times in a row, no seriously, go ahead and try it, I'll wait. .............. Anyway, since I've never been there and the only Johnny Walker I've ever been acquainted with was a third-grade chum, I figured the itch was related to writing.

Then came a few other stories, which were difficult, not because reporting is difficult but because I was a freaking editor at the time with plenty else to do. Then half the freaking staff jumped ship (marriages, job offers from prestigious newspaper and the like) and suddenly I had me a freaking idea.

It was my boss's idea, really.

"Joe," he says, because that's my name, "Joe, why the hell aren't you writing stories?"

Now, it could be the he was really impressed with my reporting and writing skills. Ooooooooorrrrr, it could be that we were seriously depleted on reporters and he needed some damn stories. Whatever the reason, we kicked it around long enough that I finally decided what I really wanted to do was go back to reporting.

It wasn't an easy decision. I've been an editor for six years and while I know a bit about Utah and how the place works, I haven't had a close list of sources for a while. It's also much easier to yell at people to "Get the damn story done" as opposed to actually getting the damn story done.

But here I am, now into the third or fourth or whatever phase of my journalism career, staring down the barrel of a deadline, and instead of writing stories about bridges and a plane crash, I'm blogging about doing it. Isn't technology great?

Crap, here comes my editor. Gotta go.

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