{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Assistant to the Editor: Promoted at THR","description":"September 13-18, 2002. The Hollywood Reporter newsroom. Looking back, the job and salary negotiations were straight forward and direct: my boss called me in, closed the door, and a plan to fill the Assistant to the Editor role was cemented. Clear. Direct. Respect. I took the role: Assistant to the Editor. More than a 1\/3 salary jump in 11 months. My co-assistant is the editor for the Calendar of Events page with her much deserved byline. I keep my 52-extension phone console so we all have access to breaking news. \u201cWhat I don\u2019t know, I need you to H-E-L-P me,\u201d I told my boss. He said, \u201cYou\u2019re good at math.\u201d Stone wanted to run around the office yelling. Mom said get close to the salary number. Peter Pryor said \u201cgreat hire.\u201d Bob Dowling still has to approve it, but \u201cthere\u2019s no turning back.\u201d Black journalists were \u223c5% of U.S. newsrooms then. I was one of them. On the phones. On the floor.  Everyone\u2019s career peak is their respective ride....just be ready. I\u2019m frustrated with the news ecosystem today, but I will always and still do believe in talent, writers, and journalists with integrity who truly inform, edify, take risks and explain a complex world and the complex human beings that we are. From the newsroom floor to 30 countries.  This is Season 2: 2002 of "Let's Talk About Hollywood." Written and read by Karl Gibson. \ud83d\udc9b To support the podcast and help keep it independent, donations can be made from 96 countries here:   https:\/\/letstalkabouthollywood.com\/support or to support my GoFundMe here, international currency donations available:  https:\/\/gofund.me\/9fa60a3b2  The podcast will always be free and runs on audience donations. I'll thank you on the air in an episode! Thank you!   ","author_name":"Let\u2019s Talk About Hollywood\u2122","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/593375","html":"