Breaking news: Journalists are tired AF

Reporters and editors aren’t the only professionals susceptible to physical and mental collapse. But there are a few unique functions of the job that put us at higher risk.

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As I trudged from a conference room table back to my desk after our weekly editorial meeting, my editor Leigh stopped me at the door to ask if I was OK. A few months earlier, I had accepted a role as digital fashion editor at LuckyShops, an e-commerce-focused editorial offshoot of Lucky, the shopping magazine I re…