Gratitude. Gratitude. 21 cards later, I’m surely forgetting at least a dozen more people that I need to thank. I really could not have done Poynter on my own–that’s kind of the whole point, right?
I took my indy.com editor out for lunch yesterday. She’s one of the main reasons I was so excited to come back. I’m such a millenial sometimes, I fit the description to the T. My editor send me a one-liner email telling me they’re excited for my return. I’m not sure why such a small thing made a big difference. But it did, it does.
I’m pretty lucky I had a job to come back to. Swinging 6 weeks out of work is not easy. I work for a pretty cool place that invested in my personal and professional growth.
I’m back now. Breaking into everything that’s changed over only a month and a half. New reporter, new marketing director, new general manager. I feel like everyone at indy.com was at Poynter with me. There’s more communication, better story telling, smarter visuals and different thinking all around. I have good thoughts about what’s going on here.
It’s tough times in parts of the J world. You have to find the people that will hear you, then speak up.
So far, it’s working.