Recent content by Fink-Nottle

This is my absolute last post. I've already wasted too much time and mental energy on the matter, obsessing about it too much. (Plus I've neglected my Internet porn browsing and computer solitaire.) It's out of my hands, and whatever happens happens. I really don't care anymore. Thanks for the...

I have no worries. I will receive another excellent evaluation, because I deserve it, and anything less will raise a red flag throughout the newsroom (plus the SE isn't the only one involved with evaluations). I've named no names, hurt zero reputations, and I've done nothing wrong. But if the...

The SE cut and pasted someone else's story off the Web, added a local quote or two, and put his byline on the story. He handed it off to me as a finished product, and went home for the night. The next day, he e-mailed me and asked why I didn't run "his" story. I told him that it looked awfully...

Yeah, I think it's best that I I suck it up, quietly seethe and eventually look for a new job. Thanks.

The SE needs to be fired, but I'm not sure if I should go over the executive editor's head and take the matter up the corporate ladder.

I am a sports copy editor, and in October I caught the sports editor plagiarizing (he cut and pasted another paper's story from the Web and inserted some local quotes; as soon as I read it I was suspicious; his defense: "I accidentally copied it"). Luckily, I caught it before the story was...

I believe they have hired someone.

Norwich Bulletin Assistant Sports Editor Norwich, Connecticut The Norwich Bulletin is seeking a web-savvy, accomplished manager with the vision to create change, write powerful headlines and manage enterprise projects while focusing on daily coverage that gets into peoples' lives and...

They cover New York pro sports, UConn, Fairfield U., Sacred Heart U., Bridgeport SoundTigers (minor-league hockey), Bridgeport Bluefish (minor-league baseball) and high schools.