To Anderson (Cooper), T (names abbreviated for discretion) and M.
As you may know, at the beginning of the fall semester this year I became the editor in chief of my college's student newspaper. I was pleased about this because I thought that it would be a good experience for me and I would be able to make some steps towards becoming a real actual journalist.
Unfortunately, some events have transpired that leave me in what I consider to be a rather untenable situation. In my view, the solutions to this are: my resignation, or M___'s replacement. I don't believe that I will be able to work productively and in a positive environment if I continue to have to deal with M___. Therefore, I'm considering resigning to escape what has become a negative work environment.
Anderson, even though you won't read this, I want to say that this situation (my potential resignation) pains me because I very much wanted to work on the student newspaper and get some journalism experience. It was you who got me interested in journalism in the first place, and I admire you considerably as a journalist and as a person, so it's disappointing that it doesn't seem like I'll be able to pursue that career in the current circumstances.
Hence, I am considering resigning my position as editor in chief of the student newspaper. Don't get me wrong, I very much enjoy the reporting and journalism side of things, it's just the dealing with M___ part of things that has pushed me to want to resign. I would be perfectly happy if I didn't have to work with M___ and instead had a supportive and non-overbearing/micromanaging adviser.
T____, thank you so much for all of your incredibly helpful and supportive advice over the past few weeks. I appreciate it immensely. You're a great professor and mentor, in ways that M___ just isn't. Nevertheless, the current state of affairs between M___ and I (which you are also involved in) has made me somewhat inclined to resign as editor. I would be resigning due to the situation with M____, not because I've been turned off of journalism as a career. I still would like to be involved with journalism and try to get some experience in that field, but I just don't think that the way things are right now is the best environment to do so.
M___, I'm sorry, but I just don't really think that things will work out. Just so you're aware, I consider it to have been your attitude that has driven me away. I don't think that I can continue to work with someone who has said such snide things about me and is unwilling to allow me to run the newspaper as I see fit and as I should be able to, being the editor in chief.
- Rachel, (potentially former) editor in chief.
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