Monday morning started with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new county library 20 minutes north of here. Photographs, notes for a story. Drove the back roads to the office, stopping to take pictures of election signs, construction projects, flowers. Then to the office to write stories on a public hearing, an art workshop, a community festival and teen awards. Wrote cut-lines for photos. Laid out a youth page and set up a photo page. Debated a new header for an ad. Monday night, photographed a community play, processed and sent in photos. 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., with a break for dinner.
Tuesday morning put the finishing touches on the pages, proofed and finalized my own stories. Proofed obituary and sports pages, debated a questionable ad. Ran out to shoot photos of primary election balloting. Proofed some more. Made phone calls, reached out to contacts for a story on the election. Home for dinner and laundry. When polls closed at 8, checked results and began a story. With final results for the night in an hour later, got story finished and in by 10 p.m. Proofed a story on a late city meeting covered by another reporter, at 11:30 p.m.
Never dull. Way fun.
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