Yes the foodchain can be gruesome at times. Lots of egos invovled, especially in a big paper. But if you love getting into the nitty gritty of research like I do then you’ll love it.

But then again, why bother. I got out because of the games and politics of it all and headed to blogging and my own business – and I’m never going back. :-)

Blogging is the new journalism in many respects and I can satisify my journo’s desires by doing what I want – the audience will judge if I’m above board.

Lets wait and see how the guys deal with it. From my background such an assignment I would take 2-3 weeks of solid full time research before I even ventured there. I’d do the basic google thing and get in touch with who’s there on the ground and make contacts. I’d set up interviews and make appointments with officials. I’d do more background work than anything that would appear in the presses (or on my blog).

But that’s just me.

Let’s give these guys a shot at it and hope that the rubbish over the last few days has been put to rest.

Yes the foodchain can be gruesome at times. Lots of egos invovled, especially in a big paper. But if you love getting into the nitty gritty of research like I do then you’ll love it.

But then again, why bother. I got out because of the games and politics of it all and headed to blogging and my own business – and I’m never going back. :-)

Blogging is the new journalism in many respects and I can satisify my journo’s desires by doing what I want – the audience will judge if I’m above board.

Lets wait and see how the guys deal with it. From my background such an assignment I would take 2-3 weeks of solid full time research before I even ventured there. I’d do the basic google thing and get in touch with who’s there on the ground and make contacts. I’d set up interviews and make appointments with officials. I’d do more background work than anything that would appear in the presses (or on my blog).

But that’s just me.

Let’s give these guys a shot at it and hope that the rubbish over the last few days has been put to rest.

Yes the foodchain can be gruesome at times. Lots of egos invovled, especially in a big paper. But if you love getting into the nitty gritty of research like I do then you’ll love it.

But then again, why bother. I got out because of the games and politics of it all and headed to blogging and my own business – and I’m never going back. :-)

Blogging is the new journalism in many respects and I can satisify my journo’s desires by doing what I want – the audience will judge if I’m above board.

Lets wait and see how the guys deal with it. From my background such an assignment I would take 2-3 weeks of solid full time research before I even ventured there. I’d do the basic google thing and get in touch with who’s there on the ground and make contacts. I’d set up interviews and make appointments with officials. I’d do more background work than anything that would appear in the presses (or on my blog).

But that’s just me.

Let’s give these guys a shot at it and hope that the rubbish over the last few days has been put to rest.

Yes the foodchain can be gruesome at times. Lots of egos invovled, especially in a big paper. But if you love getting into the nitty gritty of research like I do then you’ll love it.

But then again, why bother. I got out because of the games and politics of it all and headed to blogging and my own business – and I’m never going back. :-)

Blogging is the new journalism in many respects and I can satisify my journo’s desires by doing what I want – the audience will judge if I’m above board.

Lets wait and see how the guys deal with it. From my background such an assignment I would take 2-3 weeks of solid full time research before I even ventured there. I’d do the basic google thing and get in touch with who’s there on the ground and make contacts. I’d set up interviews and make appointments with officials. I’d do more background work than anything that would appear in the presses (or on my blog).

But that’s just me.

Let’s give these guys a shot at it and hope that the rubbish over the last few days has been put to rest.

Yes the foodchain can be gruesome at times. Lots of egos invovled, especially in a big paper. But if you love getting into the nitty gritty of research like I do then you’ll love it.

But then again, why bother. I got out because of the games and politics of it all and headed to blogging and my own business – and I’m never going back. :-)

Blogging is the new journalism in many respects and I can satisify my journo’s desires by doing what I want – the audience will judge if I’m above board.

Lets wait and see how the guys deal with it. From my background such an assignment I would take 2-3 weeks of solid full time research before I even ventured there. I’d do the basic google thing and get in touch with who’s there on the ground and make contacts. I’d set up interviews and make appointments with officials. I’d do more background work than anything that would appear in the presses (or on my blog).

But that’s just me.

Let’s give these guys a shot at it and hope that the rubbish over the last few days has been put to rest.

Yes the foodchain can be gruesome at times. Lots of egos invovled, especially in a big paper. But if you love getting into the nitty gritty of research like I do then you’ll love it.

But then again, why bother. I got out because of the games and politics of it all and headed to blogging and my own business – and I’m never going back. :-)

Blogging is the new journalism in many respects and I can satisify my journo’s desires by doing what I want – the audience will judge if I’m above board.

Lets wait and see how the guys deal with it. From my background such an assignment I would take 2-3 weeks of solid full time research before I even ventured there. I’d do the basic google thing and get in touch with who’s there on the ground and make contacts. I’d set up interviews and make appointments with officials. I’d do more background work than anything that would appear in the presses (or on my blog).

But that’s just me.

Let’s give these guys a shot at it and hope that the rubbish over the last few days has been put to rest.

Tangent though, it would be interesting to work for a major paper. I’ve often thought I’d like to do that someday if the opportunity presented itself. You gotta go through all the crap to be ‘qualified’ though. Journalism school. And not only journalism school but from a ‘respected’ school. Not sure I’m really the kind to make it to the top of a foodchain in a political new organization.

Tangent though, it would be interesting to work for a major paper. I’ve often thought I’d like to do that someday if the opportunity presented itself. You gotta go through all the crap to be ‘qualified’ though. Journalism school. And not only journalism school but from a ‘respected’ school. Not sure I’m really the kind to make it to the top of a foodchain in a political new organization.

Tangent though, it would be interesting to work for a major paper. I’ve often thought I’d like to do that someday if the opportunity presented itself. You gotta go through all the crap to be ‘qualified’ though. Journalism school. And not only journalism school but from a ‘respected’ school. Not sure I’m really the kind to make it to the top of a foodchain in a political new organization.

Tangent though, it would be interesting to work for a major paper. I’ve often thought I’d like to do that someday if the opportunity presented itself. You gotta go through all the crap to be ‘qualified’ though. Journalism school. And not only journalism school but from a ‘respected’ school. Not sure I’m really the kind to make it to the top of a foodchain in a political new organization.