I was fully intending to take it easy this week. I thought I'd cover Surf and Skate Saturday—a few preliminary interviews with the people behind it and then some student reactions at Mission Beach that weekend. And then I sat down with the director of activities Wednesday morning, and she said, "You know it's canceled, right?"
And then I had no story. I have a 700-word article due every Wednesday in my intro to journ class, so I usually write one for the Monday paper and then turn it in two days later. But 700-word articles take time, and multiple sources. If I were a full-time journalist, this wouldn't be a problem. But I'm a student with five jobs (I know, I counted today—library assistant, TA, Cotton Mather editor, copy editor, and assistant editor of the Driftwood).
So I started texting section editors for last-minute story ideas. By Wednesday evening, I had an event to attend that night and a lunch interview lined up for Thursday.
So I wrote two. My professor complimented me on my impartiality in the Prop. 8 story, saying I covered both sides so fairly that my own view was completely unintelligible.
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