I'm about six weeks into my new position as managing editor, and already people -- important people like employees, bosses, readers and newsmakers -- are noticing improvements at my paper. Maybe I can share details later. It's satisfying to hear people noticing the improvement.
It's fun to the boss, but -- no surprise -- there's a lot of plain old hard work required in the background.
I'm working six- and six-and-a-half-day weeks to get the paper done. Right now I'm still in what we're calling survival mode, which means I'm doing what I can to get a quality paper out each week. Estimates from those who should know are that the survival mode will last right up to the time our baby sees the light of day.
I'm pulling a lot of hours now, and commuting 45 minutes each way, which is tiring. When I'm home, blogging has little appeal. Nonetheless, I've got several items I hope to blog about when the time is right.
As I've said before, stay tuned.
Posted by JRC at January 23, 2006 09:35 PM | TrackBack