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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Journalist. Newspapers. They get bits and pieces right.

The best depiction of the day to day life was Ron Howard's The Paper. The fight over the chairs was classic.[/quote]
Yes— oh my god! I used to be a journalist, and watching The Paper always makes me sad—I miss that life! It’s pretty accurate depiction of the personalities and newsroom drama. Love the budget meeting where front page placement is determined by whether there’s a NY connection![/quote]

Another journalist here, but not in newspapers or TV. I think they get some stuff right. I haven't seen the paper, but apparently I need to...fighting over chairs in the newsroom is a near-daily occurrence! :lol:

When I think about movies like Spotlight, probably some of that is fairly accurate if you're at a big-name/big-time publication with lots of staffing and resources. The reality is very few places are like that these days. There are so many stories I wish we could cover, but I only have one dedicated staff reporter, and as an editor I'm more tied up in developing "sponsored content," planning events, sitting in meetings about redesigns and staff re-arrangements and re-doing budgets. In other words, I barely edit or write, and spend a lot more time trying to figure out ways to appease sales and marketing and make profits in new ways. And if I'm not doing that, I should be out at events networking and raising "brand awareness." I do get to do some big(ish)-name interviews, though, so that's cool.[/quote]

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