Well, all I have to say is I'm just a little bit relieved. With Linda there, that paper was just too damn good and made all of us little ones look like...well, little ones.
Maybe now I won't have to hear "Why can't you be more like the Southwest Journal!" I just hope the Journal can recover and won't be saying that about themselves. -- Dan Nordley Publications Manager Seward Profile, Southeast Angle > From: Paul Lohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:51:08 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] The Amazing News - Linda Picone let go from SWJ > > > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
