John, the News Editor, is very withdrawn. He is passionate about one thing and one thing only: his work. The story is what matters.

John is the first one to the office every morning and he is the last one to leave every evening. He works harder than everyone else. His lunch breaks aren’t really breaks because he uses them to meet with reporters and check in on their stories.

John sits at his desk working away and when he needs a reporter to come to his desk he says their name loudly without breaking eye contact with his computer. He doesn’t have time to walk to someone else’s desk and it gives him more control in the newsroom if he doesn’t move around himself.

John thinks of little else but work. He may have a wife at home but kids are out of the question with his schedule.

I don’t know whether to look up to John or pity him. John is what every journalist hopes to become and fears becoming.