By Dominique Tassell and Jess Baker
As I’m faced with Jess’ last print day here at the office, I want to express how grateful I am to have had such a good partner in crime at my first job out of university.
Not only is Jess fantastic to work with, but she’s been a great friend to me. From calling me as soon as I was hired and offering me a place to crash if I needed one, to making sure we both get a go at the juicy stories, to hauling me out of my house to go drinking at the Warwick Hotel, she’s had my back and I can’t thank her enough.
No news yet on whether our new hire, starting next week, will watch the Bachelorette and drink pineapple cruisers with me.
Thank you so much, Jess, I can’t wait to see how your new adventure turns out and I’ll always have your back too.
-Mini Tassell
In case you missed it in last week’s editor’s desk, today is my final day at Warwick/Stanthorpe Today. I wanted to take another opportunity to say thank you to our readers, and to my team, for their support since I began at the paper 10 months ago. It has been a steep learning curve for me, this job being my first full-time reporting gig out of university. My current team, including Samantha Wantling, Lisa Crouch, Mini Tassell, and Tania Phillips (among others), have been phenomenally supportive and I’m more grateful for their guidance and their friendship than they know. I’m also indebted to our production team, who work so hard behind the scenes. Thank you to our readers, and to every person who has helped me with a story – and there are a lot of you. Of course, I’m also incredibly thankful to my former editor, Jeremy Sollars. He was the first person in my industry to really, truly take a chance on me.
I will see many of you again, I’m sure.
– Jess Baker
