Interview with an Editor

 So far, the highlight of the day has definitely been a trip to The Arizona Republic - a newspaper corporation serving the state of Arizona. While in the building we observed an editors meeting. In this meeting, we heard what it is like when editors come together to discuss items for tomorrow's edition of the paper. It reminded me that even through breaking news, papers have time to get the information they need (though not a lot). Other than this, the meeting was pretty much what I expected. What I did not expect was what followed. Each of the editors remained in the conference room, willing to talk to a bunch of over zealous journalism teachers trying to ask questions. Through all these questions though, it became obvious just how down-to-earth these editors are. I have always been afraid of editors. They are the ones who tell us to do better, they tear up our copy and they have crazy-busy jobs. Today reminded me that editors can be anyone. They have great ideas, are creative and are more than willing to chat whether it is about news, culture, or simply hometowns. I hope I can provide my students with the same opportunity to meet our local newspaper editors and realize what kind of work they do, how their meetings are set up and that they are real people who worked their way up in the journalism industry.

Sarah Noah
Goshen High School
Goshen, Indiana