So, you might be wondering what makes an assistant sports editor. OK, you probably aren't thinking about that, but you should be.
As assistant sports editor, I take over the sports section two nights a week. During those two nights, I am on top of the newspaper and make sure everyone is focused. Not too many people enjoy my company because I harass the hell out of them, but that's what it takes. A good assistant sports editor needs to be focused, poweful and imaginative. My sports writers respect me, yet know I ask a lot out of them. They get their stories done on time under my watch.
On a given day, I'll stroll into the newsroom after supper, around 5:30. From that point, I edit the hell out of the stories, place them on the server and the rest is magic. Then the night gets pretty quiet until headlines around 9 or 10. From there, my brain works its hardest trying to cram a 500 word article into a one line header. Hard, I know, but someone has to do it. After all that, we call it a night.
I've been a writer for the Gamecock for four years now, but stepped up my involvement a lot my senior year. This is my first semester as Assistant Sports Editor and it's pretty bad-ass. We're always looking for someone to cover sports so if you like doing stuff like football and baseball, shout us a holler.
-- Brian Saal,
Assistant Sports Editor
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Hey, welcome to the blogosphere, the most annoying way to term the collective blogging effort.
Actually, it turns out you have been here for four months, so I rescind my welcome.
Good paper though, read at least twice of it half a day.
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