Put on a time card, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes At $X per hour you should be able to cover the same beat plus edit copy for about the same amount as when they were paying you per story. Right? Continue reading Put on a time card, 1979
Category: SHORT TAKES
Short (2 minutes or less) essays and thoughts of the day.
I could do OK! (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes My journal from my first year as a freelancer takes me to a breakthrough, but I had not learned that all that glitters is not gold. Continue reading I could do OK! (1979)
Sittin’ on the dock, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes The law of inertia: A body that is at rest stays at rest, or a body that is in motion stays in motion, unless it is acted on by an outside force. Continue reading Sittin’ on the dock, 1979
The easy way out, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Passing by the R.D. offices in P’ville got me thinking about working for them again if things don’t work out in Hanover. Continue reading The easy way out, 1979
Give him time, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes In which Hubris, deadly pride, sneaks up behind our hero and says “Whee! I’ve got you!” Continue reading Give him time, 1979
A decent photographer, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today a budding young reporter can carry around the camera, darkroom, and video studio in a pocket and use the same device to file stories instantaneously. Continue reading A decent photographer, 1979
Best birthday ever! (1979)
Reading Time: < 1 minutes The best part was seeing my first two freelance articles — one fiction, one nonfiction — in print. Tear sheets can be a gift. Continue reading Best birthday ever! (1979)
Thrill of the chase, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Journalists aren’t ambulance-chasers. They follow the fires. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and where there’s firefighters, there’s news. Continue reading Thrill of the chase, 1979
Fantasies of my youth, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes My chances of ever contacting any of these producers would have been slim to none. My best chance would have been Buck Henry, a fellow Dartmouth alum. Continue reading Fantasies of my youth, 1979
Surprise! (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ll advise beginning journalists not to knock their assignments, however insignificant they may seem. Continue reading Surprise! (1979)