Oregon Media Insiders

...is the carping about Rebecca coming in at 5:30. When I was her producer--and I held that job longer than anyone else, for three years--I came in around 3 am and got things jump-started, and she came in some time between 5:15 and 5:30. And once she was in, she wrote and worked the phones and so on just as hard as I did.

That's how it was 15+ years ago. This wasn't something new she just started doing because she thought she could get away with it, that's how it always was. I wasn't resentful, because she had promotional responsibilities and so on later in the day that more than made up for those two hours in the morning.

And for cryin' out loud, I was the producer! That's what producers do! They're always in before the anchors, in TV and in radio (those few shows that have producers now). But then, back when I was there, we were an actual news department, with reporters and stuff. Not any more.

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Lynn Siprelle * Fairy Blogmother