Based on Harpo's photo here, I missed the era of typewriters, eyeshades and pop-up toasters in the newsroom. Yet, the smudgy black ink still runs through me.
Being a general assignment reporter at a daily newspaper for 10 years taught me how to interview others, observe details, uncover information and write on deadline and to size.
It also forced me to learn how to become an "instant expert" on any given subject on any given day.
Let me save you from hiring more staff. Throw your next assignment my way.
Me interviewing Kirk Douglas. Good hair day for us both, I'd say.
Not me and Ty Pennington. But I did write the article, part of 26-page publication I oversaw to commemorate a corporate 2004 "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" build.
Based on Harpo's photo here, I missed the era of typewriters, eyeshades and pop-up toasters in the newsroom. Yet, the smudgy black ink still runs through me.
