The war is being lost on the 'eastern' front

Nice, or 'nice,' to have an actual lead editorial tactician at this particular outpost on the 'eastern' front with the old head editorial tactician becoming the tactician for the entire publishing operation in this division when the previous Italian owner sold the division to the Germans.

Not so nice when it seems the only reason the new editorial tactician got the job was from being native to this division's patrol area and possibly being low-ballable due to her freelance work thinning out more and more.

Other than not being native to this brimstone site and only recently moved here, this staff sergeant in the editorial regiment could do a better job than the lead tactician. That includes page-building speed, page design quality, photo editing, story editing and other things.

Well, eventually a staff sergeant stops volunteering so much for the first louie when he or she is a seeming 90-day wonder. The 90-day wonder also, despite having had 4-5 years of freelance time for personal reconnaissance of the news scene, appears unaware of some terminology in her home state.

That's a 90-day wonder, who despite all her alleged writing experience, doesn't know AP Style well, doesn't know that "entrée" is a synonym for "entry" and not just a French meal course, and who doesn't know that a phrase like "second annual" should not be capitalized because it's not part of a title, and many more thing. Worse yet, from a daily paper's POV, is that she has nobody else proofread her front pages. So, besides crappy layout, even if she's edited stories, cutline spelling mistakes and more continue.

I've said enough, as I continue to trudge with the other troops in the trenches, and also up my recon of the surrounding scene.

I've attached a map of a recent day's tactics by the louie. Just enough to give the big picture without giving away secrets. And no, that's not the worst possible map.

The 'eastern front' may be hitting headwinds in France

What would people think about a six-day daily regiment that

Is looking (again) for an editorial captain.

That’s after promoting the city news First Louie to the position in May.

Hired an exercise, athletics and competitions First Louie at the start of fall competition season.

That is after a possible fall competition First Louie from another army company decided not to go there.

And, turnover in editorial non-coms.

Interesting, no?

Been there once myself.

Eventually, the top general got rid of the regimental commander at the outpost, but it took  more than a year of the local marching staff describing command problems before action was taken.

And, no, no secrets. These are all publicly known openings. 

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Turns out the regimental commander has been gotten rid of at this post, too. Wasn't handling the troops correctly in some cases, and may have wanted to "handle" them in others.

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And, five months later, is looking for another editorial captain.