Sports Editor - Washington Times

I wouldn't buy that. I do think the tough nature of this business is hard on a marriage. I think it's harder to accept a furlough when you are married, for example and you are more likely to receive feedback from home saying "hey, why don't you take this job in a more stable field, etc." If you are single, you may be more likely to put up with it because you love the business.

But I don't buy into the notion one bit that married people don't work as hard or aren't on top of their stories.

Does being married make you less willing to work 60 hours and turn in a 40-hour time sheet? Absolutely. But that should never happen anyway.

 

This. Every syllable.

I broke stories while out with my wife. Reported on a fire that happened while we were out and about one day. Basically took it away from our GA news writer because I was there and he wasn't. Broke another story of a hostage standoff in my housing tract. None of our reporters could get into the neighborhood. I was already there.

A story about an SE who buys into Mizzou's tiresome and frankly offensive stereotype. I got a call from the SE at the old Anchorage Times while I was on my honeymoon in Canada. In those pre-cell days, I didn't get it until I got back home. I had applied for a gig covering Alaska-Anchorage hockey and he was calling me back about it.

When I told him why it took me a week-plus to get back to him, he suddenly became very cool to me on the phone. Then, he finally said "Well, this answered one question I had. I was wondering if you were single. We're kind of looking for someone single for this position."

Never heard from him again. Six months later, the Times was no more.

 

That's B.S., mizzou. If your life is ever "about the job," it's time to go do something else. No job is that important ... least of all chronicling the comings and goings in the toy shop.

 

I had an SE once ask me about my marital status during our first phone conversation. Stunning.

 

It took you 65 seconds to respond to Sam. A single SE would have done it in under 50.

 

I agree it's completely unfair. I'm just saying that a lot of SEs think that way, whether they admit it or not.

 

Though wouldn't a single person be more likely to move to another job, while a married person with kids would be more likely to stay in an area because he's bought a home, has kids rooted in the education system, etc?

 

You should get 50K just for dealing with Dan Snyder. Combat pay, you know.