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July 1, 2008
Team effort
Well another edition of the Gazette is about to hit the press and it has been a good team effort this week.
After a promising start the news started to dry up a bit and although I would not describe any of our front pages on the four editions as real 'big sellers' they all have strong stories that will be good talking points across the borough.
Tuesday's are always a slog until the final deadline no matter how much we plan things and today was no different with some last minute changes (mine) to pages probably also slightly slowing up the process.
With holidays and training looming later in the week there is little respite for the news team and they are already cracking on with next week's paper in mind.
They are also probably looking enviously at our sports editor Scott who, all in the line of duty of course, has bunked off to Uxbridge Cricket Club to bask in the sun and watch Middlesex's County Championship match with Northamptonshire. Oh to be a sports editor!
Before leaving he left a note on my desk to point out a typo in a heading on a cricket story I have posted on the website. I must admit I do have the odd habit, as a dear friend is constantly reminding me, of the odd typo on my postings also.
I think I will have to self impose on myself the golden rule we tell all our reporters - 'check your story before sending it.'
With the paper now gone I am busy preparing for a recruitment selection day tomorrow for a new trainee reporter on the Gazette.
We will be putting a number of wannabe journalists through their paces in what is likely to be a gruelling day for them and possibly me!
Posted by aseal at July 1, 2008 4:21 PM