With our first week of production for the semester behind us, lots of things come to mind: double doses of Tylenol, 3:30 a.m. calls from the printer at The State, mistakes on the front page (why, Caroline, why?) and editorial-writing writer’s block. And, while all those first-week experiences may be seen as somewhat negative, they helped me to develop my ultimate lesson: stay motivated.
The whole process of putting out a newspaper every weekday can sometimes be a daunting task. I figured this out on the first night -- which also happened to be the night we were producing the very large Welcome Back issue.
Hours later when the paper was completed and we started heading home in the wee hours of the morning, I started to feel like I was in way over my head and maybe I couldn’t handle being managing editor. Well, thank Woodward and Bernstein that every day I worked this week got better and better.
Although it was wrought with mistakes and a few ups and downs, I am walking away from this week with a better sense of my responsibilities and a much-needed boost of confidence. For every spelling error and headline mistake I made, I learned a million lessons more.
Bottom line: it’s only going to get better from here on out. I’ll try my damnedest to do the best I can and that’s all I can do.
-- Managing Editor
Caroline DeSanctis
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