This week Trevor and Giana elaborate on the incredible pressure of deadline. As crazy as it looked on last night’s Paper episode, well, the drama can usually be traced back to one specific person…
He Said: Ah, yes, deadline. When it comes to deadline for me, I always just try to stay out of all the drama (which means just ignoring Adam). I usually spend the majority of deadline laying out my double truck (the center spread of the issue), fixing the infamous printer (that always needs fixing), or helping others out with laying out the pages.
This was the first deadline with our new jobs and it was, as you saw, one that looked very stressful. As drama-filled as it may have been, it all came back to one source: Adam. After overestimating how many pages we had to do, Adam freaked out. Cutting down our issue by four pages didn’t have to be that big of a deal. Hell, the job of determining how many pages we run each issue was not specifically left with the business manager… Adam gave himself that job. If it were up to me, we would have gone 32 pages from the start. Adam is one of my best friends, but it was just too much.
I would have love to seen Amanda step up during this first deadline, I really would have. Adam’s failures left a wide open opportunity for everyone, including myself, and Alex was the one to come through with some deadline magic, along with his trusty sidekick and sports editor, Reed. Again I stand correct in my previously made assertions regarding the leadership of the paper.
She Said: While you were all able to see our three-day deadline contrived into a mere 21 minutes, for those who have experienced it, you know it feels more like 21 days. The pressures and stress that go into staring into a dimly lit computer screen for three days and nights straight while trying to block out the 70 other students in the room scrambling around with their own problems can put almost anyone on edge.
This deadline was just like any other one. Adam has and always will be the loudest in the room and the one tries to take control over things that he doesn’t really have control over. After Adam finishes laying out the ads (which takes up about the first hour of deadline) he likes to find problems in the issue, whether or not they actually exist, and specifically likes to focus on my section. Adam is the one person that I will never be able to block out during deadline and since we’ve been close since middle school, I’m probably the only person who he allows to talk to him the way I do without him running out crying. I was always opposed to the 36-page issue and when my section was looking bad because Adam refused to stack ads I refused to let it go.
Amanda may have been able to prove her leadership during deadline had she finished her editorial on time. It’s happened to all of us at one point, when you get so behind on your stories because you spend so much time editing others’ stories. However, because of the turmoil in the class it was especially important for Amanda to step up, and since she couldn’t, the tensions within the classroom did not subside.
Nevertheless, whatever problems occur during deadline does not hurt the finishing product, and our first issue played a role in receiving an All-Florida award at the Florida Scholastic Press Association’s conference for the third year in a row.
Can you imagine how she must be feeling watching this show? How would you feel if you were in her position? As previously stated I am not an Amanda fan, but to be honest I'm not a fan of anyone on this show everyone seems to be a **$#?*# in someway, and I know that everyone has there faults, but this show just seems to bring out your faults to the extreme. Jealousy is a *@@$~!
Oh that's right, find another scapegoat.
giana, your writing is terrible. I have to read it two or three times to understand what you are saying. please stop writing.
it's just, everything went into turmoil, I wonder what you guys would do in her position? Yeah sure, no one knew how to do the PDF. At least, the old editor-in-chief came through, though it would be nice if you guys had some kind of paper listing what to do for the newspaper, even if you are veterans.
And Giana, telling Alex that he has to chose a "side" to be friends with was WICKED lame.
TEAM AMANDA!!!
Put your pettiness aside and grow up, I truly feel sorry for you when you get to college, no one will be willing to put up with your childish drama.
Congrats, on giving Spencer Pratt a run for his money on as biggest jerks on a reality show.
However, I cannot argue with your point that the drama they create does make for good tv - I am still watching the show : )
isn't that is wat high school is alll about?
Keep causing drama Giana. Your the best ?*##% ever and I fully support you
Trev your cool, I'm down with what you have to say
Everyone has their opinion
and I think amanda is annoying as ?%@# so don't worry