You're a features editor. A senior writer and a senior editor are in an ongoing dispute about a piece that's now two weeks late. Both have asked you to side with them. The editor-in-chief wants resolution by Friday. What do you do?

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Stay specific. One example, told well, beats three told fast. Make your decisions visible — what you chose between. End on what changed, for whom.

You're a features editor. A senior writer and a senior editor are in an ongoing dispute about a piece that's now two weeks late. Both have asked you to side with them. The editor-in-chief wants resolution by Friday. What do you do?

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