Sadder too was that besides the layoffs, a sports copy editor who had been on leave since the spring died today of cancer. Bad, bad day ...
That LDS/Jewish story was on Page 1 this morning, same byline, with a tagline at the end saying this "reporter" works for the church. This has...
The company I believe has to put in writing, per the union contract, why it's letting someone go. During the merger in 1995, some of the reasons...
http://mkeguild.blogspot.com/2009/08/journal-sentinel-lays-off-35-in.html#links If my math is right, 72 jobs in the newsroom were lost. The blog...
The JS' "contact us" Web page lists 25 staffers (which hasn't been updated to reflect the buyouts/layoffs), including editors but not copy eidtors...
I've been a little testy on deadline, but usually it's when the person is still fiddling with the last story 20 seconds before deadline and I've...
Just wondering in general and not specifically to the LADN -- if one department is so badly hit by buyouts, will they have to cut extra someplace...
I waited three years out of college hoping to get moved up to full-time at a major metro. I copyedited, designed and reported (including a lot of...
I get the annual e-mail from my friends back home asking if we're coming in over the holidays. These are intelligent guys, too, who somehow don't...
At this link: http://www2.ku.edu/~acejmc/STUDENT/PROGLIST.SHTML is a list of accredited J-schools. It's not the end of the world if you don't...
Illinois is going to 4 for basketball? That is a big mistake. One of the reasons winning a state title in all the non-football sports in Illinois...
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