February 8, 2002

If it Doesn't Happen

It's strange how head movies begin.

• Reporter and photographer go out to cover story.
  
• Editor sits in office and imagines just how things will be covered and forms expectations on what information and pictures will be brought back to office.
  
• Reporter and photographer work for two hours gathering information and pictures to the best of their abilities without compromising their ethics.
  
• Information and pictures are brought back to office and handed in.
  
• Editor asks something like, 'Well, didn't this happen?' or 'Don't you have a picture of this?'
  
• Reporter and photographer tell editor that things didn't happen just how editor envisioned them so no, it didn't happen that way.
  
• Editor stomps away mad because they didn't get what they wanted.
  
• Reporter and photographer shake respective heads in disbelief.
  
• Photographer blogs about it to get it off his chest.
  
• Everyone but editor goes home happy.
  

- Rich