Brutal honesty
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I can avoid it no longer. Frosty just put the question to me in my comments section:
Anything else published lately?
No, Frosty, no. Thanks.
But that reminds me - I've been debating the ethical blogging questions that this new quarter brings up: Is it wrong if I only post when (if?) I get published, or do I need to report the bad with the good?
Really?
Alright, fine - here you go: Last week I came back from that energy conference at the Reserve to learn three of our client papers had ordered my story. One of them had a deadline of 2:30 PM. I look at the clock, and it's 1:55 PM. So I bust out my notes and churn out the story, not too hard since it's still fresh in my mind.
I upload the story into the system, our prof/editor reads it, brings me in, asks me about just a couple minor wording changes, tells me it's a good story, and then sends it in.
Sweet!
Of course, I mention none of this on the blog because I'm smarter than that. I know better than to jinx myself.
The next morning our class meets over at the Bloomberg bureau.
Me: "Hey Joe, so, none of the papers wound up using the story?"
Joe: "No."
Me: "....oh."
So there you have it. Dickie Cronkite, in all the good and all the bad. Stripped shivering and naked for all the world to see.
And it's more than just ego - it's more than getting your cool little byline in the paper. Getting clips is what it's all about. Clips = Jobby Job.
Alright, let's compromise. Later next week I have an earnings story to do. If you don't hear anything about it, you'll know what happened. Deal?
Sheesh. You people expect too damn much.
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In other news, since my roommate and I are [fluffy white stuff]'d in, we're about to flip over to Cinemax and watch Mona Lisa Smile.
Precisely at the 22-minute mark, you can see our J-school friend, figure-skating extraordinaire, and Wellesley grad Jessica featured in the flick. She's the one centered in the shot, moving towards the camera, excitedly pushing a wooden hoop down the road (don't ask). Enjoy!
Anything else published lately?
No, Frosty, no. Thanks.
But that reminds me - I've been debating the ethical blogging questions that this new quarter brings up: Is it wrong if I only post when (if?) I get published, or do I need to report the bad with the good?
Really?
Alright, fine - here you go: Last week I came back from that energy conference at the Reserve to learn three of our client papers had ordered my story. One of them had a deadline of 2:30 PM. I look at the clock, and it's 1:55 PM. So I bust out my notes and churn out the story, not too hard since it's still fresh in my mind.
I upload the story into the system, our prof/editor reads it, brings me in, asks me about just a couple minor wording changes, tells me it's a good story, and then sends it in.
Sweet!
Of course, I mention none of this on the blog because I'm smarter than that. I know better than to jinx myself.
The next morning our class meets over at the Bloomberg bureau.
Me: "Hey Joe, so, none of the papers wound up using the story?"
Joe: "No."
Me: "....oh."
So there you have it. Dickie Cronkite, in all the good and all the bad. Stripped shivering and naked for all the world to see.
And it's more than just ego - it's more than getting your cool little byline in the paper. Getting clips is what it's all about. Clips = Jobby Job.
Alright, let's compromise. Later next week I have an earnings story to do. If you don't hear anything about it, you'll know what happened. Deal?
Sheesh. You people expect too damn much.
****************************************
In other news, since my roommate and I are [fluffy white stuff]'d in, we're about to flip over to Cinemax and watch Mona Lisa Smile.
Precisely at the 22-minute mark, you can see our J-school friend, figure-skating extraordinaire, and Wellesley grad Jessica featured in the flick. She's the one centered in the shot, moving towards the camera, excitedly pushing a wooden hoop down the road (don't ask). Enjoy!
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