You would think if you do something 2,000 times, it would get repetitive, right? Not so the case with producing a daily newsletter on the digital infrastructure industry. This edition is my 2,000th as its Managing Editor and, I can honestly say, not two issues and no two days have been alike over the nine-plus years I’ve been at the editorial helm.
Each one is its own winding road as far as it is compiled, written and edited. What starts each morning as a virtual blank slate ends around 4 P.M. as the best collected efforts of the most savvy journalists in the business to reflect what news impacted our industry on that particular day. Many days, the news finds us but more times than not, we have to find it. Then the “refining” process, if you will, begins. We assess its news value, prioritize the content (always with the industry’s focus in mind), check with resources and present it in as concise a format as possible for morning consumption over crullers and coffee.
It has been my privilege to meet you there every morning over the rim of your coffee mug and present you with news that makes your day more productive. And it is certainly my privilege to work with the best staff of journalists in the business: Leslie Stimson, our Washington Bureau Chief and John Celentano, our Business Editor, over a majority of those issues. Thanks also to our publishers and the IT staff for their unflagging support in achieving our daily mission. -JF
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