Union Episode 2.1: Stuck Inside the Union Bus with the Journalism Blues Again

I had a dilemma, one of my stories for my page were not up to par, and the one to fill up its vacant space was too short, what is a features editor to do? Revert back to the good old days of being a writer and go out and write the damn thing. I would have had my writer do it since she wrote it but she was out of town, it was time to take it into my own hands. I readjusted my page, first getting rid of the unused story then by resizing the story I had as my 2nd story and making it long enough to where I only needed to fill a small gap and leaving a big enough gap on the right side to fit a big photo. I told Miyu my plan, she gave me her blessings and I was off in to the trenches of El Camino College. I headed straight for the weight room to see if I could catch some EC athletes.

One of the first people I came across was Charlie Wolfgramm, who coincidentally I had went to high school with and he was willing to let me interview him for the story. In between the interview I made small talk with him about his little child at home, how my sister was doing, and that kind of nonsense. After his interview was over I walked directly back in to the weight room which was bumping some hard core rap music, it was like walking into a Ice Cube video, testosterone was all over the place, many of the players lifting weights and screaming.

I got a couple more interviews just as the coach called for the team to go watch the films. I returned from the trenches, entered my text and all was pretty good, it filled up the space and I waited for the photos to come. It felt good to finally get back out there and meet people even if it was for a brief 20 minutes. God I miss my writing days!