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Name: Marilyn Comrie
Newspaper you work for: Norwich Bulletin
What do you do? Assistant city editor
Tell us a little about your career: I have a degree in English and originally intended to teach. And most days, I think that's what I do, except not in a traditional classroom. I spend a lot of time explaining noun-verb agreement, pronoun-noun agreement, spelling, punctuation and AP style. I've been in the newspaper business for nearly 25 years, starting out at a weekly newspaper as a reporter. I spent 11 years as an editor at The Westerly Sun in Westerly, R.I., before coming to the Bulletin eight years ago. I worked on the copy desk at the Bulletin for two years in addition to being assistant city editor.
I should have known better: Not believing the Red Sox would win the World Series in my lifetime.
What do you do in your job? Everything. I edited copy, post web updates, write copy when necessary, work with reporters. I'm in charge of the weekly Technology page on Mondays and the Education page on Thursdays. I edit the yearly Fact Book publication.
What’s your biggest mistake on the job?One of the worst was about six years ago. The scanner was reporting someone had fallen into the water in Norwich and I was listening along with one of the photographers to gauge the extent of the incident. Chatter suddenly stopped and we thought it was a false alarm. Actually someone had drowned. We wound up scrambling for the story later that night, because we dropped the ball initially.
Proudest accomplishments? When I talk to friends who work at larger papers with bigger staffs, I'm impressed at the work the Bulletin does online. We are far ahead of much larger papers, such as the Providence Journal, in our online content, updates, videos, photo galleries. And we have far fewer people doing it.
What's life like beyond the newspaper?When I'm not at work, I'm driving my 1983 Alfa Romeo Spider around the Connecticut shoreline and back and forth to New Hampshire. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Connecticut Yankee who has lived on the shoreline my whole life. I have a strong interest in local history and have been a member of the Mystic River Historical Society for 30 years. I've written four local history books and I lecture on a variety of local history topics.
Name: Marilyn Comrie
Newspaper you work for: Norwich Bulletin
What do you do? Assistant city editor
Tell us a little about your career: I have a degree in English and originally intended to teach. And most days, I think that's what I do, except not in a traditional classroom. I spend a lot of time explaining noun-verb agreement, pronoun-noun agreement, spelling, punctuation and AP style. I've been in the newspaper business for nearly 25 years, starting out at a weekly newspaper as a reporter. I spent 11 years as an editor at The Westerly Sun in Westerly, R.I., before coming to the Bulletin eight years ago. I worked on the copy desk at the Bulletin for two years in addition to being assistant city editor.
I should have known better: Not believing the Red Sox would win the World Series in my lifetime.
What do you do in your job? Everything. I edited copy, post web updates, write copy when necessary, work with reporters. I'm in charge of the weekly Technology page on Mondays and the Education page on Thursdays. I edit the yearly Fact Book publication.
What’s your biggest mistake on the job?One of the worst was about six years ago. The scanner was reporting someone had fallen into the water in Norwich and I was listening along with one of the photographers to gauge the extent of the incident. Chatter suddenly stopped and we thought it was a false alarm. Actually someone had drowned. We wound up scrambling for the story later that night, because we dropped the ball initially.
Proudest accomplishments? When I talk to friends who work at larger papers with bigger staffs, I'm impressed at the work the Bulletin does online. We are far ahead of much larger papers, such as the Providence Journal, in our online content, updates, videos, photo galleries. And we have far fewer people doing it.
What's life like beyond the newspaper?When I'm not at work, I'm driving my 1983 Alfa Romeo Spider around the Connecticut shoreline and back and forth to New Hampshire. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Connecticut Yankee who has lived on the shoreline my whole life. I have a strong interest in local history and have been a member of the Mystic River Historical Society for 30 years. I've written four local history books and I lecture on a variety of local history topics.
