Have you given up?

Blog's going well, huh?

 

If dam did work for a Gatehouse paper -- which he eluded to as possibly being the case -- I'm pretty sure the job of the publisher is to be as hands-on as possible. Our publisher used to walk around the newsroom barefoot (seriously!) and change stuff on the editorial page like 15 minutes before deadline so it would meet the views of himself or the Chamber of Commerce. The best was when for the "War on Christmas" editorial he insisted that the line "And don't forget, Jesus is the reason for the season" be included. At least the AME didn't budge on that.

That was the same publisher that almost didn't let me bring a photographer to cover a local team at the state softball tourney (a whole 2.5 hour drive away) -- that another paper also covered -- because he was that cheap.

 

I second that. As good as things are for me now, I never fool myself into thinking that this is the be-all, end-all of my life. I've always kept the option open to where I can feel at peace and walk away from the field on my own terms. The itch to teach history at a high school level has never left, and it's one that will get scratched at some point.

 

He is an ass. Nothing the sports dept. does will ever be right