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« on: December 04, 2009, 02:39:10 PM »
I felt great the day I posted the good news about Tampa. Seems there's 100 more of these for every one of those.
Anyway, from The Pipeline:

The Peoria Journal Star laid off SE Bill Liesse and state editor Lisa Coon this morning. I've heard this from a couple staffers there, and there's this post about it from a Peoria blogger.
http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/2009/12/04/massive-christmas-layoffs-at-the-journal-star-today/

Not sure if anyone else in the newsroom was let go.
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« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2009, 03:16:49 PM »
Bill was my first sports editor out of college when we were both at the Arizona Daily Sun, a good guy and a good journalist (neither of which seems to matter much these days of course).

He grew up in Peoria and loved his hometown paper. Bastards.
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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2009, 03:24:24 PM »
Quote from: Jim_Carty on December 04, 2009, 03:16:49 PM
Bill was my first sports editor out of college when we were both at the Arizona Daily Sun, a good guy and a good journalist (neither of which seems to matter much these days of course).

He grew up in Peoria and loved his hometown paper. Bastards.
Loved is the key word.
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2009, 04:04:52 PM »
So who runs the sports department now?
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2009, 04:08:27 PM »
Not flaming again, just wondering. Was this simply a cost thing? Was he there a long time and they wanted to get by on the cheap?
I wonder if they ever even give people a chance to stay on for half the salary and give them six months to find another job.
These cost cutting layoffs of outstanding veteran reporters is heartless and dumb.
I'm assuming he's a veteran. Anybody?
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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2009, 05:11:04 PM »
Bill's a good guy and he's been there a long time. Just saw this news. Unbelievable.
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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2009, 06:52:55 PM »
That's a damn shame.  You think you get used to reading these, but you never do.
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« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2009, 07:46:28 PM »
I'm not really familiar with PJS, but I knew a guy who used to write there---Phil Theobald. Wonderful, witty writer, and I always thought if the rest of the staff was anything like him, that was one good paper. I suspect that was the case.

This stinks.
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2009, 01:28:39 AM »
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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2009, 05:46:35 PM »
Who runs the sports section now? The city editor?
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« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2009, 05:47:32 PM »
Quote from: Inky_Wretch on December 05, 2009, 05:46:35 PM
Who runs the sports section now? The city editor?

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« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2009, 01:59:29 AM »
Quote from: Inky_Wretch on December 05, 2009, 05:46:35 PM
Who runs the sports section now? The city editor?

I've heard sports columnist Kirk Wessler will be handling the SE duties.
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« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2009, 12:21:53 AM »
Quote from: Scouter on December 06, 2009, 01:59:29 AM
Quote from: Inky_Wretch on December 05, 2009, 05:46:35 PM
Who runs the sports section now? The city editor?

I've heard sports columnist Kirk Wessler will be handling the SE duties.

So he's got the duties, but not the title nor salary?
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« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2009, 12:27:12 AM »
Quote from: Inky_Wretch on December 07, 2009, 12:21:53 AM
Quote from: Scouter on December 06, 2009, 01:59:29 AM
Quote from: Inky_Wretch on December 05, 2009, 05:46:35 PM
Who runs the sports section now? The city editor?

I've heard sports columnist Kirk Wessler will be handling the SE duties.

So he's got the duties, but not the title nor salary?

Actually, Wessler was the "executive sports editor/columnist" while Liesse was SE. Not sure if/how Wessler's title will change.
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« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2009, 08:20:48 AM »
Yeah, Wessler was SE for a long time (15 years?) before becoming the columnist. He might be making more than Liesse was.
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« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2009, 12:58:27 PM »
Just heard from one of the Peoria folk that three janitors were also laid off at the same time as Bill and Lisa. To complensate for this, writers and editors will now have to empty their own garbage because the newsroom will only be cleaned once a week and not nightly as it has been in the past.

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« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2009, 12:59:49 PM »
Empty your own garbage, get ready to paint the parking spaces in spring and be thankful you have a job!
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