At my paper we use an online events calendar. Folks can go to this site, which is connected to our main page, and enter events. It's a great site because it helps us keep track of what is going on around town. I use it some to write my weekly entertainment column. It also generates our print calendars automatically.
The only problem is, a staffer has to approve the events. We usually have to edit the events for AP style as well. There are a lot of mistakes!
Well, as a very junior staffer, someone decided that I had the time to do this. I really don't. The person in charge of this site is half-way across the country. There are only a few other people that handle event approvals for this site. They all have very demanding full-time jobs as well. One is out on paternity leave.
We get these pleading emails from the site manager several times a day. I hate to tell her that with all the layoffs and the deluge of events for the holiday season, we're going to need some more help or someone is going to have to start pulling some major overtime.
Does anyone else have a similar problem? What do you do when someone goes on vacation?
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