I've received some news that I find to be amazing and unbelievable.. Linda Picone has been let go (fired?) as the editor of the Southwest Journal. Unbelievable to me in that she took what was a good but ordinary community newspaper and raised it to a level of quality which is rarely seen in any venue.
I am thinking of all of the awards that the newspaper has won since she took the helm - especially the Frank Premacks, and the universal accolades which it received for its approach to reporting community news. This is, in large part, thanks to Linda's leadership and the excellent staff that she has assembled - the quality of her work is simply undisputed. Each time it hits my doorstep, I eagerly pick the SWJ up to read it . Linda has through her skills in journalism and her love of S.W. Minneapolis really created a wonderful, personal and community-like quality in the paper. Make no mistake about it, she will be sorely missed! I find it very hard to believe that this done was for any reason of economy. Or that if it was a problem of a working relationship that something couldn't have been done ....... in order to preserve the heart of this wonderful newspaper. Janis Hall and Terry Gahan -- publishers -- please, say it ain't so.. Paul Lohman Looking for something good to read in Lynnhurst Paul Lohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
