A summary of my interview with Theron Fly

On Monday, March 11^th, I sat down with, Theron Fly, who is the reporter for the Tate County Democrat Newspaper here in Senatobia. Fly graduated from Senatobia High School and attended Northwest for two years.

I asked Fly was he ever given a hard time by the veteran journalists in the newsroom. He said that this was his first job that he has held, and since working with the Tate County Democrat, everyone has been very supportive and he has taken every experience as a learning experience. Fly says that being a journalist, you have to deal with things as they come. No one can help prepare you for a breaking story or any unexpected situation.

Fly considers every day to be a challenge in the newsroom, due to the fact that there is a weekly issued paper that hundreds of citizens depend on when it comes to staying updated on local changes and issues.

Tate County is such a small market, and search for ideas to put in the newspaper can definitely have its pros and cons according to Fly. He has exactly five days to get the paper together, which he considers to be a pro. The downside is that good news can sometimes be hard to come by, plus he is the only reporter in the newsroom who actually has to go out and find these stories.

Fly finds balancing time to be a big issue in this field. He says that time management is something that isn’t really taught in college. He was not prepared for how quickly things need to be done after starting his career as a journalist. Fly says that as a student it is important to make the most out of every opportunity and get the experience you need to grow.