Some thoughts from my copy desk

It was almost 8 p.m. When i first started writing this post. (Now it’s nearly midnight.) I have been here since about 2:45 – at the time I was at a stand still waiting on some stories to come in so I can slap them on a page and send it off to the folks at the prepress. Just when I least expect it content came in and things picked back up and we were in a rush to finish, but we actually beat our deadline for possibly the first time this week. That rush really makes the time go by. Today’s big topic was redistricting. A state representative moved into a church to stay in her district (I couldn’t help but wonder why the reporter didn’t ask her how she ended up buying the church and a couple other odd questions.) It honestly Doesn’t sound that much different from my time at the Collegian. Yet it is. At 3 I was presented a huge packet of information about insurance, 401 K, vacation and sick leave, and many other benefits. I guess I’ve reached “the real world.” I’m having trouble wrapping my brain around that one. The folks at the copy/design desk here are really smart and I’m slowly but surely learning the quirks of this edition of quark xpress, but I anticipate missing reporting this much. At least I now know I’m a reporter at heart and it’s definitely something I plan to get back to. Where to go from here I don’t know.