Comments on: The cost of staying in business http://jrmsg.com/http:/jrmsg.com/the-cost-of-staying-in-business Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Cole http://jrmsg.com/http:/jrmsg.com/the-cost-of-staying-in-business/comment-page-1#comment-16 Dave Cole Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:31:12 +0000 http://jrmsg.com/?p=264#comment-16 Ah, afternoon paper memories: At the San Francisco Examiner in the late 1970s, we did eight editions a day, though a couple were just zone replates where we moved stories local to the zone to the top of the Page A-4 and regional stories to the bottom. Two other thoughts: Elvis died in time for our last streets edition and I was the late man on the rim. The slotman had stayed behind to work on the schedule (he was always working on the schedule) and he and I ripped up the whole A section to get the story into the paper. I forget how many extra papers we sold, but I do remember it was a big deal and management was happy with me. And, as a reward (I guess), I was made makeup editor, but not for a couple of months. Though I had done makeup on the Saturday and Sunday papers, I hadn't done the daily until I was thrown out there -- on Thanksgiving week. As JR said, biggest papers of the year, on the Weds-Thurs that week and my little 23-year-old ass was on the line for them. In those days I learned that if a new job didn't scare the shit out of you, it wasn't a promotion. Ah, afternoon paper memories: At the San Francisco Examiner in the late 1970s, we did eight editions a day, though a couple were just zone replates where we moved stories local to the zone to the top of the Page A-4 and regional stories to the bottom.

Two other thoughts: Elvis died in time for our last streets edition and I was the late man on the rim. The slotman had stayed behind to work on the schedule (he was always working on the schedule) and he and I ripped up the whole A section to get the story into the paper. I forget how many extra papers we sold, but I do remember it was a big deal and management was happy with me.

And, as a reward (I guess), I was made makeup editor, but not for a couple of months. Though I had done makeup on the Saturday and Sunday papers, I hadn’t done the daily until I was thrown out there — on Thanksgiving week. As JR said, biggest papers of the year, on the Weds-Thurs that week and my little 23-year-old ass was on the line for them. In those days I learned that if a new job didn’t scare the shit out of you, it wasn’t a promotion.

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