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July 23, 2008
All present and correct
Well you will be glad to know that the newsroom was all present and correct this week despite my earlier concerns.
No one has gone ill, Charlene Mitchell is back safely from Borneo and new reporter Dan Coombs is quickly settling into life on the Gazette.
One thing I forgot to mention is that our sports editor Scott Newman is away on two weeks' holiday which means I have drawn the short straw and have been acting sports editor this week.
That means I have had to divide my attentions between the news and sports agenda over the last few days.
While there has been no shortage of sports news on the hard news front it has been quiet - infact Monday's news meeting really was pretty dire in terms of how we were going to fill the front end of the paper with quality news.
Perhaps the so called 'silly season' has already started. Things did get better as the day progressed and in the end we have a good mix of news in this week's paper.
However, in terms of real hard news and stories that I would class as real sellers we are a little thin on the ground this week.
The rest of the week promises to be busy.
On Thursday, along with my new news editor Chris Longhurst, I am meeting up with the council leader Ray Puddifoot for lunch. No doubt there will be some interesting topics to mull over, which I am sure will include the proposed third runway at Heathrow.
Before that I have a meeting with Michelle Moffitt from The Chimes shopping centre in Uxbridge, who we work closely with on a number of initiatives
I will also be asking Michelle what she was doing posing 'nude' in the front window of Debenhams this week. If you want to know more pick up a copy of this week's Gazette and turn to page five, where all will be revealed!
Posted by aseal at July 23, 2008 7:25 AM