Pros

You learn so much about everything. You interview mayors, teachers politicians, lawyers township managers and so many other professionals that explain ambiguous topics to you to assist you in writing your articles. You learn almost everything there is to know and the job is really fun too. The company itself blows, but the communities you serve are where all the pleasure is in working for this company which mainly provides you with an outlet to do your job and that's it.

Cons

Really low pay ($580 every two weeks with no health insurance unless you deduct $100 from that every two weeks and the coverage is really crappy), upper management is really stupid, but some of the editors, mine in particular are brilliant and others are flakes.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in your bloody products! The service these papers should provide is so valuable, but the weekly papers are just thrown together and sloppy b/c the wages are so low and the talent and passion is not there for the most part. I could only afford to do this job for so long and I have a debt to pay now that I'm making a normal salary this year.