jumping into the frying pan

I am sitting outside my paper's new offices trying to summon up the courage to go in there and have a chat with my boss's boss about the shifty ( iphone doesn't want me to curse) photos they accept from the not professional photographers and also that I have (cowardly on my part up until now) never asked for a raise. Hopefully I will walk out of this meeting with a few more cents per photo and a class on the schedule so I can teach the novices a thing or two. I have been offering my services to my editor for a while now but she is afraid of offending people. I guessvthey dont know how terrible their work is. I know how bad it is and I'm not afraid of anyone taking offense. Especially when our competition isn't stellar in the photo department either. I'd like to see my paper be recognized for some quality work. Even if it is a group effort. Besides I'd be proud to be the change or the good teacher who raised the standards.