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Heisler vs. Tribune

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Birdscribe, Aug 19, 2011.

  1. Birdscribe

    Birdscribe Active Member

    Mark Heisler's going-away (with the severance check in hand) valedictory from the LA Times.

    http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/confessions_of_a_dead_tribune_20110819/?ln

    Some interesting parts here, but the part that should amuse and bemuse is his bemoaning of early deadlines. Anyone who has covered minor-league baseball -- or ANY baseball, for that matter -- will chuckle and nod appropriately.
     
    Birdscribe, Aug 19, 2011
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  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I thought for sure this was going to be about John Heisler and the Chicago Tribune.
     
    Dick Whitman, Aug 19, 2011
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  3. Clerk Typist

    Clerk Typist Guest

    Heisler, 9 and 8.
     
    Clerk Typist, Aug 19, 2011
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  4. rpmmutant

    rpmmutant Member

    I know this has become a big joke over the years. I was entrapped in the joke, trying to make a newspaper deadline for high school football on a Friday night. Pro beat writers had it easy. Try filing a story from a high school with no phones, no Internet, no electricity in the press box, if there was a press box at all.
    Anyway, another rant for another day.
    Now that I am doing more work for online sites, deadlines have moved back. No press runs, no having to worry about making people work overtime. Newspaper deadline is 10:30 p.m. Online deadline is 1 a.m. Big difference.
     
    rpmmutant, Aug 19, 2011
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