I find myself relying on your essays as a way to remember my goals as a young newspaper reporter.
When I was hired, the managing editor gave me my first and most important lesson I needed to learn.
He told me to listen carefully to the people I interview. They are more important than I.
Being young, my first few straight news stories came back with lots of red ink because I thought my interpretation of the events was the correct story.
Took me about a year worth of "come to Jesus" moments organized by the "ancient" senior editors before I began to be a good reporter of the who, what, when part of any story.
While we are not of the same era Jim, your work always brings back good memories too soon forgotten.
If thank you for bringing much joy to my elder self.
As always a great thought starter. What we do is unimportant. What your student failed to see that importance only arises through connection with others. Even a religious hermit can find importance connecting with his god. You can do anything, good or bad, but until it reaches another, it only exists with you or in you.
I find myself relying on your essays as a way to remember my goals as a young newspaper reporter.
When I was hired, the managing editor gave me my first and most important lesson I needed to learn.
He told me to listen carefully to the people I interview. They are more important than I.
Being young, my first few straight news stories came back with lots of red ink because I thought my interpretation of the events was the correct story.
Took me about a year worth of "come to Jesus" moments organized by the "ancient" senior editors before I began to be a good reporter of the who, what, when part of any story.
While we are not of the same era Jim, your work always brings back good memories too soon forgotten.
If thank you for bringing much joy to my elder self.
As always a great thought starter. What we do is unimportant. What your student failed to see that importance only arises through connection with others. Even a religious hermit can find importance connecting with his god. You can do anything, good or bad, but until it reaches another, it only exists with you or in you.