One of the coolest things I've ever experienced

Would someone who's covered such a disaster please explain, to those of us who haven't, just what the newsroom is like during it?

 

What a cop-out, not sending beer.

 

Yes, pure class.

 

That's awesome.

 

Certainly a chain letter worth passing on.

I wonder if NYC papers got packages like this after 9/11?

 

What a wonderful idea. Well done.

 

Good for Roanoke. But we all had better pack a lunch if our newsroom is the next one covering a crisis, because the Minneapolis newspaper -- after happily shedding 70 journalists, shutting down its community foundation and axing its phone ladies and the mentally challenged employees who worked at basic jobs to provide purpose in their lives, all in slavish pursuit of a sustained profit level -- probably won't see fit to spring for more than a can of Pringles and a six-pack of Red Bull.

Pay it forward? Fat chance. Pay it into the private equity partners' pockets.

 

This isn't the thread to rip the Strib for recent cuts... We have at least two elsewhere...

I agree that it's a very, very classy move from Roanoke.

Early in my career I was at a paper that had to cover one of the biggest tragedies of the past decade. It was a situation where it didn't matter if you were in Sports, Entertainment, Style, Newsside or whatever... You had to cover it. Period.

Covering these tragedies can really take it out of you emotionally... When you're that stressed, even the smallest of gestures can have a really, really big impact...

 

By the way... As someone who follows college hoops more religiously than any other sport, Shelman was definitely one of the best writers around...

I have no idea who will be covering Minnesota hoops for the Strib, but I can guarantee you they won't be as good as Shelman.

 

Gee, great Mizzou, that's not very fair to the next man. Or woman. Take it to another thread.