More antics at the AJC

Copy editor staffing wouldn't surprise me. But the bigger news is that all reporters and editors found out that they will be trained on the new content management system so that posting stories to the web can be automated/done by the authors. That means the AJC, which has always put a premium on online, will make cuts in that department. It's a shame too since that's where a lot of content editors transferred to, thinking it was the safest part of the building to be in.

 

I'm sorry, but do they really need three agate clerks?

 

Those three agate clerks are probably spread over seven shifts in PT roles (such as our shop). Heavy agate days (Tue, Fri, Sat) might get two bodies.

 

In a pari-mutuel heavy area, I would say yes.

 

I'd told the PT hour reductions go into effect March 6, just as boys and girls hs basketball is headed into the state quarterfinals. Seems like odd timing. Why not wait one more week and make it through the rest of the state tournaments? Man, I hate to see this happen in Atlanta. Growing up in the South, this was the paper I grew up wanting to write for one day.

 

If they've only got three sports people working at night, then yes, they do need three agate clerks.

 

If they cut all the non-local boxscores and scoreboard page, they might not need three agate clerks.

 

Especially now with things in the business world so volatile. I read the section more now than ever.

 

This brief period will be roughly analogous to the hours they keep a braindead person "alive" on a respirator long enough to let his loved ones get there and say goodbye.

 

I'm trying to figure this one out. The AJC didn't send anyone to the Super Bowl but they did send someone to annual slave fest aka the NFL combine. Go figure.