![]() There, she was a reporter and then an editor. Her road to a career started at a small town paper in Sidney, Montana. ![]() “A job is where you keep counting down the time, and a career is where you don’t have enough time because there’s so much you want to do,” Minichiello said. She summed up a Chris Rock stand-up bit that has stuck with her. “I was drawn to journalism because I love writing,” Minichiello said. Minichiello then realized she wanted something more. She studied English with a focus in creative writing there and then went off to do some odd jobs. “I wanted to do something different from everyone else I knew and I wanted to go somewhere with a lot of beauty and some place where I would feel inspired to write,” Minichiello said. She then headed off to college at the University of Montana. She was mentored by her high school teacher, who turned out to be a big influence in her career. Minichiello grew up in the suburbs of Chicago where she was an avid reader. She didn’t start out in journalism, though. “That’s something that I would tell somebody before they go into the field … you’ll be expected to work Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, New Year’s Day, New Year’s Eve.” I mean there’s not a day that we don’t have a paper,” Minichiello said. It was hard for Minichiello to answer what she dislikes about her job, but one thing did pop in her mind. “An editor gets to spend a nice chunk of the day just sitting and reading,” Minichiello said. She also loves that she gets to read all the time. “Many of us are idealists who want to do good work.” “The newsroom is a really fun place… It’s full of creative, intelligent, humorous … types of people,” Minichiello said. Her favorite part of the job is the environment.
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