After a week of holding down the new Metro section, I'm running on empty. Thank goodness we're having a writers' interest meeting. If I don't recruit some reporters, I'll cry.
The hardest part of my job so far has been trying not to let anyone down. I know a lot is riding on the new section and setting precedent is constantly on my mind.
So far, even though I'm going on nothing but pure adrenaline, it's been a wild ride. One day I was questioning John McCain on his support for the president's new Iraq strategy, the next I was watching elephants march down Lincoln Street.
On the first night of production, I arrived home at 3:30 in the morning with an 8 a.m. class looming over my head. Talk about doubting what I was getting myself into.
I think what keeps me going is the love I have for everyone on staff and the positive feedback I've been getting from everyone who's been reading the section. Bottom line -- I know I'm making a difference.
This week I get to push it to the limit again by covering S.C. politics, improvements in Five Points and homelessness.
Stay tuned to see if I keep my sanity for another week!
-- Metro
Nick Needham
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