Boonville Daily News: My new chapter
My new chapter
Monday I gave notice that my last day here at the paper will be June 26. It’s been a long six years and, with a young son to consider, our family is ready for a change.
My new job is with the City of Columbia so I’ll be working downtown on Broadway in the Daniel Boone Building. This position is set up as a part of the city’s Public Works Dept., but is supervised by the Mid Missouri Solid Waste Management District, the folks who oversee grant funding for recycling projects for the Dept. of Natural Resources. I think it will be meaningful and interesting work. There will be familiar faces –M.L. Cauthon is chairman of the MMSWMD board and Boonslick Industries is one of the district’s grant recipients.
I’m most excited because I will have “normal” working hours. I am exhausted from working at the paper. It is probably not apparent to those outside the office but working in the newsroom, and as editor, is a COMPLETELY all-consuming job, and, no matter how much or how hard we work, it is never enough – at least according to the majority of the feedback from readers that makes its way back to us, and according to management and corporate standards, there is no hope of increased staffing in the newsroom.
Sadly, it is often the cantankerous, ill-spoken, offensive remarks from people that make an impression on us. But I have truly appreciated those of you who have been supportive of the work we do – it’s a difficult place to work – and your words are not lost on me.
I guess I stuck with it for so long because there is so much I have enjoyed about the job. I wanted to make the paper better and more local, and to have it be a reflection of the people who live here. And given the resources available, and other limitations, I think great strides were made in these areas.
So, now, I am looking forward to working 8-5, working only rarely at night or on Saturdays, and giving my energy to my family and other interests I have shelved for far too long. I am looking forward to being able to take time off, to have a job that doesn’t overtake my life and to have the luxury of redirecting my energies in other channels. I feel like I’m getting myself back!
Undoubtedly, the paper will continue to evolve and change with the industry. I hope you will continue to support it and those who work here. The paper is an important resource for our community, and to lose it would be tragic.
Theresa Krebs
My new job is with the City of Columbia so I’ll be working downtown on Broadway in the Daniel Boone Building. This position is set up as a part of the city’s Public Works Dept., but is supervised by the Mid Missouri Solid Waste Management District, the folks who oversee grant funding for recycling projects for the Dept. of Natural Resources. I think it will be meaningful and interesting work. There will be familiar faces –M.L. Cauthon is chairman of the MMSWMD board and Boonslick Industries is one of the district’s grant recipients.
I’m most excited because I will have “normal” working hours. I am exhausted from working at the paper. It is probably not apparent to those outside the office but working in the newsroom, and as editor, is a COMPLETELY all-consuming job, and, no matter how much or how hard we work, it is never enough – at least according to the majority of the feedback from readers that makes its way back to us, and according to management and corporate standards, there is no hope of increased staffing in the newsroom.
Sadly, it is often the cantankerous, ill-spoken, offensive remarks from people that make an impression on us. But I have truly appreciated those of you who have been supportive of the work we do – it’s a difficult place to work – and your words are not lost on me.
I guess I stuck with it for so long because there is so much I have enjoyed about the job. I wanted to make the paper better and more local, and to have it be a reflection of the people who live here. And given the resources available, and other limitations, I think great strides were made in these areas.
So, now, I am looking forward to working 8-5, working only rarely at night or on Saturdays, and giving my energy to my family and other interests I have shelved for far too long. I am looking forward to being able to take time off, to have a job that doesn’t overtake my life and to have the luxury of redirecting my energies in other channels. I feel like I’m getting myself back!
Undoubtedly, the paper will continue to evolve and change with the industry. I hope you will continue to support it and those who work here. The paper is an important resource for our community, and to lose it would be tragic.
Theresa Krebs