In the past two weeks, I've penned or significantly contributed to about 24 articles (bylines and taglines), averaging more than 2 stories per workday. And we're talking some whopper topics that have spanned multiple back-to-back stories I wish I'd had the time to look into even further, including:
A) The Northern Iron Foundry calling it quits
B) The city's closure of the Pig's Eye homeless encampment
C) The St. Paul City Council attempting to block a "Right to Repair" renter measure
D) The St. Paul City Council settling a defamation suit for $350,000
E) A look at 21 new businesses that opened downtown
F) The county commissioner race (Isa vs. Noecker)
G) The mayor's city budget address
H) A sex harassment investigation involving the mayor and police
I) Fringe Festival reviews
Nope, I don't pretend for a moment that I tackled all of those stories (or any of those, really) alone. We've got a great team at the
@PioneerPress, but it's smaller than ever, and this pace is unsustainable. Also, the pay sucks.
We need more reporters, a raise and some guarantees around here... Say it with me, St. Paul. For everyone working in the
@PioneerPress newsroom: "FAIR CONTRACT NOW!"