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February 22, 2007
Reporting crisis
I have the distinct feeling the newsdesk are going to be feeling the pressure over the next few days.
For the last few weeks we have started off with a cracking news list which has developed as we approach the Gazette deadline and resulted in some really strong papers.
However, this week things are generally looking a little quiet and to make matters worse we have something of a staffing crisis.
We have one reporter off ill, another on holiday and the 'loan period' with our Harrow office for reporter Tara Brady has expired and she has returned back across west London. Added to this our replacement reporter for Tom Parnell does not start for another two weeks so, we are effectively three reporters down at the moment in the newsroom.
But in the spirit of things although content editor David Tilley may secretly be a worried man he is putting on a brave face and promising that everything will be alright and the stories will soon come flooding in.
It's still early days and I am sure he is right and as usual the dedicated Gazette team will be pulling out all the stops to ensure that next week's paper is another first class edition.
Posted by aseal at February 22, 2007 7:29 AM