Recent content by newspaperhack

I work for two weeklies and am seriously about to quit and move back to South Carolina to live with my old college roommate. Why? Check this out: The woman who had my job before wouldn't cover JV. She had been there for about two years (an eternity at such a small place). She emailed back a...

My first job paid about $20K. Ramen you say? I know a thing about ramen. If I didn't eat ramen everyday at this job, I never would've been able to pay the bills. Anyway, went to grad school for a semester, left, got a better job. But you have way more experience than I did when I graduated...

Mine was a story I did on a 1A softball team that got knocked out of the playoffs in the third round. There was only one senior on the team, and she was totally in tears. I was proud of myself that I didn't just think, "**** it. There's no reason to bother this 18-year-old girl who had to stay...