Hey guys!
Week one, this is it. A little over a week ago we all met for our first, official staff meeting. It was a pretty good turnout…at least where photographers were concerned. 18!!! That’s how many photographers came to the meeting! INTENSE! We only had about 10 reporters show up but I think we’ve got a good group so hopefully we’ll be able to handle everything.
The stories we got turned in this week were pretty awesome! The girls and I spent our Editing and Design class laying out our pages. Then Mike showed up and it was almost full editorial staff in the office! Unfortunately, everyone (except me!) has class Tuesday evenings so I had to spend a little time by myself. At least I got a lot done!
Before he left, Mike and I jammed to some “pop” music for a while. It was a good thing he was there because he’s had experience with layout. I’m pretty positive I would have had to call Melinda at least twenty times if he hadn’t been there haha. I’m sure Melinda appreciates his help!
Leanne and Kate showed back up a little later and we were able to skim through the pages, making sure everything looked okay. Just a few tweeks remain but it all looks good.
I think the highlight of the night was when RJ showed up and announced she was a “sex-aholic” and was here for “sex-aholics anonymous.” Her jokes definitely helped calm the room haha.
Overall I spent about eight hours in the office today. My editorial came out pretty okay I think. I have RJ to thank for that. RJ and her beautiful editing skills! All of us did a great job laying out our pages. Even the old Editor-in-Chief was surprised at how efficient we were in pushing our papers out. He congratulated us on our work ethic!
The paper comes out Thursday morning so look for it! Tomorrow we’ll do some final, last minute editing before we send it off to the printers. It should be a good one!
I’m off to bed now. I need to de-stress after such a hectic day!!!
*Katie
