A day in the life.COME WITH US NOW, WON'T YOU, as we take a peek underneath the magazine covers to see what a day in the life of an editor might be like. 5:50 a.m. An abbreviated Tae Bo Tae Bo is an aerobic exercise routine developed by tae kwon do practitioner Billy Blanks, and was one of the first "cardio-boxing" programs to enjoy commercial success. Such programs use the motions of martial arts at a rapid pace designed to promote fitness. workout before the family wakes up. Slip the orthotics orthotics /or·thot·ics/ (-iks) the field of knowledge relating to orthoses and their use. or·thot·ics n. from the sneakers sneakers Noun, pl US, Canad, Austral & NZ canvas shoes with rubber soles sneakers npl (US) → zapatos mpl de lona; zapatillas fpl into the work shoes, retrieve page-proofs faxed over last night, then it's off to the office. 8:25 a.m. Retrieve and respond to emails. There are over-the-transom queries from freelancers, assignment clarifications, press releases, and the occasional ejoke. 8:50 a.m. Troll the news services and Web sources for breaking news and follow-up to items already in the hopper. 9:30 am. Respond to voicemails. Sometimes the most exercise I get is playing phone tag. 9:59 a.m. Prepare for the weekly editorial meeting. 10:00 a.m. Start the weekly editorial meeting with my perennial, "Okay, what do I need to know?" question to the room at large. Answer questions about priority of stories, make assignments, provide input into layout. 10:35 a.m. Moan to production editor about changes in editorial lineup. 10:40 a.m. Edit feature article. (See our cover story, "A day in the life of a DON," which starts on page 26.) 11:30 a.m. Brainstorm with art director over how special section should be laid out. (See our "Senior Living: PPS (Packets Per Second) The measurement of activity in a local area network (LAN). In LANs such as Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI, as well as the Internet, data is broken up and transmitted in packets (frames), each with a source and destination address. Update," which starts on page 31.) 11:40 a.m. Moan to production editor about changes in editorial lineup. 11:42 a.m. Receive cryptic cryp·tic n. 1. Hidden or concealed. 2. Tending to conceal or camouflage, as the coloring of an animal. interoffice in·ter·of·fice adj. Transmitted or taking place between offices, especially those of a single organization: an interoffice memo; interoffice conferences. email. Bounce it over to the publisher for his input. 11:45 a.m. Edit page proofs of several departments. 12:05 p.m. Line edit another department on screen. 12:45 p.m. Heat leftovers of wife's Bon Appetit dinner from last night or step out for lunch with an office mate. 1:40 p.m. Reply to more emails; notice publisher has bounced a cryptic email to me. 2:00 p.m. Line edit more news and departments on screen. 5:41 p.m. Moan to production editor about changes in editorial lineup. 5:42 p.m. Prepare to head home. (Take Tupperware home!) 7:10 p.m. Get welcome hugs from my heart (2-year-old Isabelle) and my soul (5-year-old Jacob). 11:05 p.m. Cuddle with the missus mis·sus n. Variant of missis. missus or missis Noun 1. Brit, Austral & NZ informal , hear about her day, and tell her how great my day was. Mark Zacharia Editor-in-Chief (mzacharia@billcom.com) |
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