Alan Nafzger’s diary on mentoring, deadlines, and the strange joy of watching someone else learn the trade She missed the joke on her first draft, buried the punchline in paragraph four instead of…
Alan Nafzger’s diary on mentoring, deadlines, and the strange joy of watching someone else learn the trade
She missed the joke on her first draft, buried the punchline in paragraph four instead of the headline where it belonged. I moved it up, showed her why, and watched her face do the thing every editor lives for, the moment someone actually gets it. Small newsroom, small win, but genuinely the best part of my week. Further diary dispatches continue at bohiney.com, with the original piece live at prat.uk.
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