All in a days' work

Yesterday was one of those hectic reporting days. My day involved phoning state officials for a hunting story, tracking down a narrow segment of the local hunting population for that same story, toning photos that I shot over the weekend (for myself and a sister paper), running out to cover a house fire, trying to report and write sports stories, and taking a quick airplane ride for some aerial photos.

The weather hasn't cooperated for my aerial photo essay, so I snagged a few shots from on high to supplement my ground-based photo essay on autumn. (The flight was nice although it was overcast. The clouds made it too dark for most of my shots, but I still had fun. And I enjoyed traipsing around getting photos of pretty fall scenes.)

Yesterday morning was tough because I wasn't reaching the people I needed, so I felt like I was spinning my wheels AND twiddling my thumbs. But at the end of the day, I accomplished most everything I'd hoped to and that was satisfying. Now I've just got to get all my stories written today since I'm done gathering information for them.

Today won't be short, either. I'm covering the local high school volleyball rivalry game in the evening and returning to get it in the week's paper, which goes to press tonight.

Posted by JRC at October 19, 2004 08:25 AM | TrackBack