The life of an assistant business editor

Connie Coyne, the reader advociate for the Salt Lake Tribune, writes about assistant business editor Elizabeth Neff in her latest column.

Coyne wrote, “But hard work doesn’t put her off. For the past four months, she has used her professional and personal skills in her new position as weekend editor and assistant business editor. Not only does she work several days on the Business desk, but she also plans and executes the weekend coverage.Â

“‘I like to see all the pieces come together into a package,’ Neff says. ‘I like to work with reporters and help them.’ But getting independent-minded reporters to do what she wants them to do is not always an easy task. Cajoling and some sneaky psychological tricks sometimes work.Â

“Neff came to editing with a sense of trepidation. ‘I knew I wanted to go into management and try editing, but I feared I would go into editing and find out it clearly wasn’t my calling.'”

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