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Another one of those lists. In this case, all 25 are true. Here are three:
2. Sources always call back well after the story has run.
3. A cop is harder to interview than a criminal.
4. Somebody somewhere will always be upset about any given story I've written.
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#26 The worst editor in the building - the one all the reporters avoid - is always assigned to the desk for your weekend rotation.
#27 The editor who won the Pulitzer will always be out sick on the day that the story you believe will win you your own Pulitizer is turned in -- and someone else will edit it. (See Number 26)
#28 Every time you use a reference to popular culture, you will get the editor who has to have everything explained. (A local character who is an Elvis devotee retires and you put a quick line in the story that just, somehow, seems to fit. You can count on hearing: "What does leaving the building mean, anyway? Don't people leave the building where they work everyday? Why is it special that this person has left the building?")
Other reporters: chime in.
Posted on February 20, 2008 12:44 PM