Michael Donnelly
Featured on June 28, 2011
Organization
Napa Valley Register, Napa, Calif.
Title
Editor
First paying job
American Speedy Printing in East Greenbush, New York. I ran the press. I designed business cards and brochures. I made copies for people.
Best part of job
(Re-)reading the paper in the morning
Worst part of job
Allocating resources
If I weren't an editor I'd be ...
Website producer
What I hope to get out of ASNE
Ideas. Sympathetic ears.
Goal for this year
Better represent the newspaper in the community. Establish better culture of cross-training. Preach value of immediacy and incremental reporting.
To unwind I …
Play poker. Build websites.
When I am stressed I eat: (Or favorite food)
Saag paneer. Not easy to find in Napa, unfortunately.
Favorite book
"The Idiot," Fyodor Dostoyevsky
What music I am listening to
Mogwai
Guilty pleasure: (I hate to admit that I like...)
Hip-hop music