Cathy Henkel leaving Seattle Times

All I can say is that when I applied for a columnist's vacancy there some years back, Henkel was super extra considerate of me, spending her valuable time on career counseling for me after turning me down.
PS: Moddy, I heard the very same thing about the "some say" construction, but not from an editor-from Red Auerbach. Never used it again, either.

 

As hard as it is for women to ascend into the sports editor's ranks, I'm sad to know there's one less woman in that role now.

Good luck on your next endeavor, Cathy Henkel.

 

I've heard countless stories about Ms. Henkel over the years, good and bad...

Any way you felt about her, this is just another example of a very high profile journalist getting out of the business and that's never a good thing.

 

Actually, I heard you were a god.

 

the times once put out a kick-ass section for many years under this person's watch. i think that fact speaks volumes.

 

I know a lot of great papers where the SE is an absolute clown.

Even the most beloved SEs make enemies on their staff.

I have two close friends who work for the same paper with a very high profile and well-respected SE. One would take a bullet for the guy and the other would like to put a bullet in the guy.

I think it's like that at most places.

 

MG, all i was saying was the person was lead in putting out a quality section for many years.

 

I think most folks, including Cathy Henkel, would say the credit of what used to be a very good section should go to the people, not the person of the seattle times.

She hired some very good people who made that section great, and now, unfortunately, it is falling apart because of the financial situation of the paper.