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I don't know when it happened, and for all I know it happened at the start of the semester, but I have lost this staff.
It's a lack of respect, but that is my fault anyway. You need to command respect, and I have just not done that so far. Unfortunately, I do not know what to do differently.
I had relatively high hopes for myself this semester in this job, and nearly none of them have panned out. We have sloppy, dated and somewhat uninteresting copy in most sections. There is active friction between at least two editors at any given time. Part of me realizes that this must happen at every institution, and that these trouble are not unique. But I thought I would be able to change them. I am not able, and it is frustrating to look back just three months and examine my expectations. They were attainable. But so far, in my term, the paper has nearly alienated the journalism department, our writing coach was fired, we have libeled an innocent-until-proven guilty man, we have had mediocre content with mediocre editing in some places, we have staff members that cannot show up to work on time or do their work in a timely manner and the only thing different from this semester to last semester - to all the other semesters that I have been working here - is that I am in charge.
Either their was some epic flaw in my designs for this paper, or there were significant flaws in my execution. I am more inclined to think it was the latter. I understand that management positions deal with the same issues with which I am dealing. I get that this is really no different, it is just frustrating to fail so completely.
I will not be returning to this job, although I will apply for another position. Hopefully this performance does resonate too long with everyone.
This isn't for pity, really. At the very least, this helped me understand where my role is within journalism for the foreseeable future, at least until I become more assertive and an overall better manager. I am destined to know shit about copy and sports, and I guess that is all right.
Also, I think my friend from West Palm is coming up this weekend, and aside from the glory that is my mother's house, I need to show her fun things to do in Orlando, of which I believe there are very few. Anyway, I may end call several of you to hang out and create a crucial ambiance. Or maybe decor.
Beast mode.
God I wish more people who read this liked sports, because that previous statement would have been hilarious.
It's a lack of respect, but that is my fault anyway. You need to command respect, and I have just not done that so far. Unfortunately, I do not know what to do differently.
I had relatively high hopes for myself this semester in this job, and nearly none of them have panned out. We have sloppy, dated and somewhat uninteresting copy in most sections. There is active friction between at least two editors at any given time. Part of me realizes that this must happen at every institution, and that these trouble are not unique. But I thought I would be able to change them. I am not able, and it is frustrating to look back just three months and examine my expectations. They were attainable. But so far, in my term, the paper has nearly alienated the journalism department, our writing coach was fired, we have libeled an innocent-until-proven guilty man, we have had mediocre content with mediocre editing in some places, we have staff members that cannot show up to work on time or do their work in a timely manner and the only thing different from this semester to last semester - to all the other semesters that I have been working here - is that I am in charge.
Either their was some epic flaw in my designs for this paper, or there were significant flaws in my execution. I am more inclined to think it was the latter. I understand that management positions deal with the same issues with which I am dealing. I get that this is really no different, it is just frustrating to fail so completely.
I will not be returning to this job, although I will apply for another position. Hopefully this performance does resonate too long with everyone.
This isn't for pity, really. At the very least, this helped me understand where my role is within journalism for the foreseeable future, at least until I become more assertive and an overall better manager. I am destined to know shit about copy and sports, and I guess that is all right.
Also, I think my friend from West Palm is coming up this weekend, and aside from the glory that is my mother's house, I need to show her fun things to do in Orlando, of which I believe there are very few. Anyway, I may end call several of you to hang out and create a crucial ambiance. Or maybe decor.
Beast mode.
God I wish more people who read this liked sports, because that previous statement would have been hilarious.