Gannett used to have a zero-tolerance policy for embellishing your resume. That cost him a job at the IndyStar way back when.
It's a pleasant surprise to me that The Athletic hasn't cut staffing during the current crisis. Has it cut only freelance work? That's interesting...
You're right. It seems like the best beat reporting jobs -- at The Athletic or ESPN.com or some of the few remaining big newspapers -- go to...
I think a lot of the content is quite good. Some of the writers who were let go recently are NOT great writers, or even good ones. But clearly...
Not to mention, where's the editor?
Here's a brutal lead by a lightly experienced beat writer on the Carolina Hurricanes. It's like she didn't even try to write a lead; she just...
They might have had a better chance to solidify the Panthers beat if they hadn't taken months to hire a sports editor.
He's OK and seems like a good guy and I hate to see anyone laid off but he is certainly not one of the best NBA writers. He probably was done in...
I think it was five months.
The McClatchy papers -- like those above -- seem to be going one by one to six days a week. I think about a dozen have done so. I don't think it's...
Or ProPublica .......
It's a master's degree. And get off my lawn :)
Did they also just lose a college hoops writer?
That's the guy. Very checkered past.
You'd like to think this story was carefully edited and all angles were considered. OR ...... a harried night editor rushed through it and sent it...
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