Happy Turkey Day -- from the newsroom!
The executive news editor just ran out to get our turkey from Koo-Koo Roo, and we're scrounging on spinach dip and a meat and cheese tray (my contribution!) as we simultaneously get the paper out. Considering we've taken the bold step of getting catered turkey this year, that means our dinner time was bumped up to 4 p.m. As someone who spends all holidays working, I can assure you that's not the best idea. We'll all stuff ourselves silly, then just want to lie down and sleep and bloat as we hit deadline. That's why newsroom potlucks are best done around 6 p.m. -- stories are filed, copy is in, pages are at least halfway done as the press awaits an early deadline. But who are any of us to turn away free food?
But speaking of Thanksgiving and journalism, I've prepared a couple of fun items for my About Journalism site on America's journalism pilgrims -- the first newspapers in the colonies:
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