The editor and the scarecrow
By Andrew Grant-Adamson • May 28th, 2007 • Category: Journalism, Newspapers, magazinesYou can learn a lot from he state of anyone’s desk. Sophie Morris, at the Independent, has been finding out about the offices of editors.
Roger Alton of the Observer reveals a survival strategy: "One of my bosses once told me he didn’t like people putting pictures of their family on their desk because he found it much harder to sack them, so I have put a heap of pictures and personal things on my desk."
At the Express Peter Hill, we learn, makes his own tea and keeps a kettle in the office. Mark Hedges of Country Life has brought a grandfather clock and furniture editors have used for 110 years to the modern new offices near Tate Modern. He also has a scarecrow.
The Oldie has an open plan office but Richard Ingram admits to "a very untidy environment… it looks chaotic but I like to think I know my way around it." That I understand.
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