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I Have a Problem

I recently got a job as a writer at an online newspaper. I wrote this article and sent it to the editor. While all of the information is correct, it's heavily edited. It doesn't feel like I wrote it. It feels like she wrote it using the information I gave her. Should I be honest with her and tell her how I feel about it? Is this normal in newspapers to do that?

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Perhaps, it needed to be heavily edited?
Read both versions yours and hers and be honest. Which sounds better, read them out loud, too.
If hers is the better one, take it to heart and let it be a learning opportunity for you.

JewStar4Life · 31-35, F

@justmerae: It may be the better one but I don't want to tell people about my article and have them think that I wrote it 100% when I didn't. I just e-mailed my editor now telling her what I think. Hopefully she's understanding and doesn't get mad at me for being honest with her.

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@JewStar4Life: You are telling her how to do her job she will not like that. Like I said even Steven King has an editor...

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