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
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