You don't need to be in news to understand...pull out any high school yearbook, and I'm sure you'll realize what I mean.
"Keep in touch"...ahhh...three words that mean so little. They may as well just write, "Hey, it was nice sitting next to you in Biology. Sure, I talked to you. Sure, we paired up to dissect a frog...but that's where our common bond ends. I'd say, 'let's keep in touch', but you and I both know there are no frogs to dissect over summer break, so we probably won't speak a word to each other over the next three months...but I'll keep an eye out for you in Chem. And if no one cooler sits near me, we'll talk."
Life would be simpler if people were just honest, wouldn't it be?
Say what you mean, and mean what you say.
As the title of this note suggests, this scenario isn't exclusive to the pages of your yearbook...it's quite common in the news business. A bunch of rolling stones, all looking for the next big thing...a sea of sharks all competing for (what appears to be) an ever-decreasing supply of fish. And at every good bye party...you hear the same thing.
"Keep in touch, man!"
Nice thought. Rarely happens.
There are few people from my first market that I talk to...and few people who have moved on from my current market that I still talk to on a regular basis.
TJ Werre is one of them.
I'm thankful for him, our 45-minute gossip fest on my ride home from work today...and our friendship that (so far) has survived the news business :)
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