Sigh. My mom keeps nagging me to apply for a job at the Bakersfield paper to get me back "home."
It's a bitch watching the institution you wanted to be a part of, that supposedly was critical to basic democracy -- the "fourth estate" -- and spent EIGHT YEARS OF COLLEGE, DOWN THE DRAIN! -- uh, go down the drain. I have a reporter friend at the Rocky Mountain News who asked if I'd ever seen an entire profession go away before my eyes. I'm lucky, I guess, doing the last thing I ever envisioned myself doing. It felt like a last resort when I took this job. But go figure, for the moment my job is secure. But even now, we're being pushed toward being more "bloggy" and less "newsy." We'll see, I guess, if the adage about live entertainment being recession-proof holds up. --Deb --- On Wed, 12/10/08, Richard de Give <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Richard de Give <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MEDIADEADPOOL] Bad time to be a Cubs fan > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 8:57 PM > Just had a round of cutbacks in Bakersfield, too. They sent > someone up here to cover the Bako Foothill-Hanford game, so > I asked him if their department had been hit. Turns out he > was the victim and was covering the game as a stringer. > Ain't I effing sensitive? > > Rich > (where we just did hire another sporto, so I may be freed > from the Sentinel treadmill after, geez I don't want to > count how many days). > > --- On Wed, 12/10/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [MEDIADEADPOOL] Bad time to be a Cubs fan > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 8:49 PM > > For some reason, ahem, the Cubs are not included in > the > > Tribune bankruptcy fire sale. > > > > I fear for the LA Times, though. > > > > Just curious, does anyone know if the Chicago Tribune > and > > the Sun-Times have a joint operating agreement? > > > > The Rocky Mountain News in Denver is going down, > too...up > > for sale, no buyers, and shutting down next month. > They have > > a JOA with the Denver Post. Not pretty times for these > > folks, many of whom are colleagues of mine. > > > > --Deb > > > > > > --- On Wed, 12/10/08, Michael King > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Michael King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [MEDIADEADPOOL] Bad time to be a > Cubs fan > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 8:23 PM > > > (finding a paper bag to go over my Cubs hat) > > > > > > :( > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Joseph Nebus > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 9, 2008, at 4:14 AM, Steven Otte > wrote: > > > > > > > > > As if there were ever a good time for > > that... oh, > > > yeah, it's also a > > > > > bad time to work for the Tribune Co. > > > > > > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_bi_ge/tribune > > > > > > > > This could ruin whatever the next > > storyline in > > > the Dick Tracy comic > > > > will be, if anyone can figure out what the > > current > > > storyline was. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
