You can make changes quickly, move fast. But when things come together, it s the greatest feeling in the world. Sure, I wish we had another reporter or two, another editor, a graphic artist, more photo support. More resources in general. Because we don t have a large staff, we have to pick and choose more than I like.
Some stories go uncovered or undercovered.
But, overall, I m proud of what we accomplish, and very proud of my staff. Q. Your paper circulates in one of the best-known playgrounds for the rich, the backdrop for F. Scott Fitzgerald s The Great Gatsby. There are still rich people here, but Newport is a city of 30,000 real people, and we cover an area with about 65,000 people. Tourism is a major industry and, frankly, we don t do a very good job of selling our paper to tourists. The staff gets squeezed a lot, and there are days we can t do everything.