Writing/reporting/editing

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

>>Have you considered going back to work as a reporter in the Albany area

are you just as happy being an editor?<<

Yes, I've considered going back to journalism ... I would love to be a

features writer for a newspaper or magazine. But I love working from home so

much, and my husband and I only have our one car out here (my husband's car

is back in Indiana), and that would make it a challenge if we both worked

outside the home. And plus, when we start having children (maybe next year

or the year after), this work-from-home job will be wonderful because I can

stay home with our children and still bring in an income. And I wonder if

I've gotten so used to working from home that going back out into an office

every day would be miserable for me? I don't know. I do love this job that I

have, but I miss writing. I do things like Themestream and The Vines to have

an outlet for my writing, which is wonderful, and I keep a journal. But I do

miss writing features articles and meeting new people. Working at the local

paper here would be a great way for me to learn more about the community and

meet more people. I've learned quite a lot from this editing job, though,

from reading all of these different books. And I love my coworkers. My hours

are so flexible -- I could work from midnight to 9 a.m. if I wanted to, as

long as I got my work done! :-) So yes, I've thought about returning to

newspaper reporting, but I just don't know ... but right now, I'm content

with my job and am enjoying it!

>>See, I left my former employer (right here in town and it's a MAJOR

employer in the county) due to sexual harassment from a supervisor which

caused me to start having anxiety attacks and depression. Now I'm on

long-term disability thru the employer's insurance and also on Workman's

Comp AND involved in a lawsuit against the company and the supervisor as

well. How would I handle that part???<<

Wow, that is a rough situation. Sorry you're going through all of that. I'm

not sure what to say ... I bet the reporter will ask you what you did for a

living before you started this business (that's a question that I would

definitely ask if I were interviewing someone), and you could just tell

him/her where you used to work and what you did there as an employee and

leave it at that. If the reporter has some integrity, he/she should respect

the fact that you don't want all of that stuff on the record. At least, if I

were a reporter and were interviewing you, I would be respectful of

information that you didn't want me to include in my article. Anyway, that's

a hard situation ... I don't know if my comments helped ... but keep me

posted and let me know if you do contact the local newspaper! Good luck!

nne in Albany