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More Gannett cuts

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Fran Curci, Jun 21, 2011.

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  1. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Apparently Cincinnati took it in the chops.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Jun 22, 2011
    #97
  2. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    Or wrongs.
     
    TigerVols, Jun 22, 2011
    #98
  3. KJIM

    KJIM Well-Known Member

    God, I'm just sick over these cuts. I've eaten my share of pregame pizza with Koepke and totally agree he's one of the best.
     
    KJIM, Jun 22, 2011
    #99
  4. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    I heard the same thing. Sports staff is down to like 4 or 5 guys, including deskers, I believe. Just a disaster. Sad.
     
    JackReacher, Jun 22, 2011
    #100
  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Gannett management has been in denial for 20 years.

    Five years ago, it was "We're going to be an Information Center!" They were going to hire those "Mojos". We were all told that there were going to be changes, but that it would be better for the long run.

    Oh, there were changes, all right. Mostly job cuts. And those great innovations? Barely done, or if they were, dumped on the already overworked staff.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Jun 22, 2011
    #101
  6. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Wow. Four or five left in Lansing? That's insane...
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jun 22, 2011
    #102
  7. Hank_Scorpio

    Hank_Scorpio Active Member

    Horrible news on Koepke. Didn't really work with him a ton, but the few times I did it was always good.
     
    Hank_Scorpio, Jun 22, 2011
    #103
  8. PaperDoll

    PaperDoll Well-Known Member

    Westchester lost 47 people, not sure how many from the newsroom. I believe columnist Sam Borden was the only sports casualty.

    By the way, not all the papers cut the older, higher-salaried people. I know of several which seemed to use a "last hired, first fired" approach -- and no, they're not union shops.
     
    PaperDoll, Jun 22, 2011
    #104
  9. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Wow... Known Neil for years... think his email still has Peter Puck in it... a good guy and one of the best CHO writers around.
     
    slappy4428, Jun 22, 2011
    #105
  10. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Indeed. My wife asked me this morning if she married into that name.

    A lot of the Indy Star's layoffs were in the suburbs and Crotchfelt told the local business journal that they're surveying the public to figure out what they want in suburban content. One would imagine (hope) they'd want professional news coverage. What they'll get is even more reader-submitted drivel, mommy columns and stuff you'd be ashamed to put in a birdcage.
     
    playthrough, Jun 22, 2011
    #106
  11. 1HPGrad

    1HPGrad Member

    The problem with suburb coverage is the same in Indy as everywhere. If it's good enough, it goes in the main sheet that day. If it's not good enough, you read about it 3-5 days later. I guess if you have a kid playing sports, there is a better chance of getting a feature written in the zone. But there isn't much in those sections. That's not an Indy issue. That's an everywhere-I've-been issue.
     
    1HPGrad, Jun 22, 2011
    #107
  12. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I've worked at fully staffed regional bureaus where the section was quite full and not likely to lose its centerpiece to the main sheet unless it was a big story -- in which case you'd usually that coming early enough to get something else good in its place. Then again, those fully staffed, 6- or 7-day-a-week sections dwindled to sparsely staffed 2x/week leaflets. Then you're screwed. But in the early days, a lot of places including Indy really did it right.
     
    playthrough, Jun 22, 2011
    #108
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