So I work for a newspaper. Sort of.
Well, no; I do work for a newspaper; the Technician is the North Carolina State University newspaper, and I work as a Senior Staff Writer. It may not be the most glamorous newspaper in the world, but we do get 10,000 readers per day (or at least 10,000 papers mysteriously disappear from our stands every day), which is more than I can say for my blog, and more than I can say for some other school papers.
Part of my job description involves talking to strange, intriguing people, learning new things about everything, and goofing around in the office while waiting to edit. A dream job! It may not pay well, but working with the Technician has been a truly wonderful experience.
Anyhow, the reason I’m posting about my job today is because in today’s paper, my 950-word article on researchers making crazy awesome mechanical legs was cut down to 500 or so words to accommodate the space on the page. That part is completely understandable. We’re on a budget. Plus, they had to accommodate all the pretty pictures. 
But on the Technician’s website, the article is shortened as well. Why? I have no idea. Maybe if the story were lengthened by 400 bytes, the internet would break?
There’s a lot of good information in those 400 forgotten words, and it’s information I’d still like the public to know. That’s why I’ve decided to post my version of the article in this blog. And I might start doing that with other articles as well.
Every article will of course have links back to the Technician’s original article…I may also start linking to other Technician articles that I find interesting.
Anyhow. That’s my short rant for the day. Keep on the lookout for my articles.
