07/01/2026
One phrase I use often is: “no worries, I’ll do it.”
In a newsroom, that instinct is good.
Rewrite the script.
Call the source.
Stay an extra hour because your gut says so. Push a little more because you sense something will open.
You become the person who “gets it” or “will get it”. Some part of this—I believe, cannot be taught. Younger colleagues watch & fine-tune and make their own instinct.
Mentoring in newsrooms mostly happens or happened on the job. No one really tells you how they do it unless someone deliberately slows down to explain it.
That muscle memory was also strong. Add to it—the stakes of being independent & entrepreneur, starting Newsworthy.Studio. The reflex hardened.
If a draft felt off, I rewrote it.
If a caption was clunky, I edited it.
If a client was anxious, I stepped in.
Things looked polished.
Inside, I was doing the work of an entire mini newsroom: reporter, editor, producer, account lead, sometimes finance, sometimes HR.
“I’ll do it” is not a strategy. It’s a slow leak. It’s something I have consciously tried to unlearn in my career—first as an editor in newsrooms, and now at Newsworthy.
I am clearer about things I want to do less of. Also about what I want to do more of.
🔻 Less rewriting things. If I am fixing the last 20%, I have probably not set up the first 80% well.
🔻 Less of saying yes to work that doesn’t align at some level, even if it looks impressive on paper.
🔻 Less treating my writing, thinking, health as a side thing. Priority one.
🔻 Less last-minute rescues that give an adrenaline rush but leave the system weaker.
🔻 This one will be tough: Less emotional investment on some tasks.
🔻Less sugar coating or playing nice.
There is more of 🔺things I want to do—am leaving that in the comments.
