What a great article. The memories of my years spent as a editor on my HS paper all came flooding back along with the realization of how that formative a time it had been for me as well. In ways I'd forgotten. I was the cartoonist who contributed an article here and there. But it was still part of why I went on to be an English major and later have a career in publishing.
My Miss O was the unflappable and sardonic Mr Thomas. "Deadline as in DEATH," he would remind us. I would go on to repeat his words to the generations of editors who followed me.
I wasn't part of the newspaper staff (tho I did take journalism), but I was on the yearbook staff. You're right—it was mostly hijinks until crunch time! In the end, I think our advisor and the chief student editor actually did most of the work!
What a great article. The memories of my years spent as a editor on my HS paper all came flooding back along with the realization of how that formative a time it had been for me as well. In ways I'd forgotten. I was the cartoonist who contributed an article here and there. But it was still part of why I went on to be an English major and later have a career in publishing.
My Miss O was the unflappable and sardonic Mr Thomas. "Deadline as in DEATH," he would remind us. I would go on to repeat his words to the generations of editors who followed me.
Thank you for sharing! No doubt that class was a reason I've spent so much of my career in or around publishing.
I wasn't part of the newspaper staff (tho I did take journalism), but I was on the yearbook staff. You're right—it was mostly hijinks until crunch time! In the end, I think our advisor and the chief student editor actually did most of the work!