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More cuts in Atlanta

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by HackyMcHack, Mar 25, 2009.

  1. Riddick

    Riddick Active Member

    I almost hate saying this, but I didn't mind the line about trying to eliminate managers and keep reporters. Most of us work in offices with way too many managers anyway.
    Still, sorry about what the people in the ATL are going through. Best of luck.
     
  2. clutchcargo

    clutchcargo Active Member

    Two quick thoughts:

    1. This sucks.

    2. They STILL have over 300 folks working somewhere in editorial??!! What, do they have like 30 news reporters in the building and 30 bureaus in outlying areas, and a sports staff of 50? What do all those people do?

    Sorry to be the spoilsport, but 320 folks even in a large-metro paper seems a bit bloated, previous cuts nothwithstanding.

    Still, I wish all the best for those being laid off/bought out. They got any bonuses in play down there for the execs?
     
  3. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Easier said than done, sometimes, I'm afraid
     
  4. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    As I tell my wife (also a reporter) every time she freaks out about the idea of us going back to school: I didn't say it was easy. I said it was necessary.
     
  5. Shifty Squid

    Shifty Squid Member

    Damn, if you think that's bloated, you <i>really</i> would have thought the place was bursting at the seams a couple of years ago. Keep in mind, that 320 includes every single reporter, editor and copy editor for one of the top 20 circulation papers in the country (or, at least, it was ... not sure about now). I don't think the number is at all out of line with the others, though it's possible I'm wrong about that.

    They have no bureaus anymore, for the record. I'd say they've got more than 30 news reporters, counting the ones at the Capitol, the ones who cover the 'burb counties, courts, education, transportation, business and everything else that comes along with a very large metro area.

    The sports staff has enough people to cover the Hawks, Thrashers, Falcons, Bulldogs, Yellow Jackets, Dream and hundreds of local high schools (well, maybe not "enough" anymore). Almost the entire preps staff was part-timers. They're probably down to a high schools editor and no more than three preps writers.
     
  6. Frank_Ridgeway

    Frank_Ridgeway Well-Known Member

    I believe Simon was referring to the publisher who slashed PB and then was promoted to Atlanta, not Ronnie. IIRC, Ronnie didn't work in PB -- Miami and I think Fort Myers.
     
  7. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    No jobs to bail us out.
     
  8. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    His name is Doug Franklin. By the way, there are many well known scribes with less than five years in Atlanta.
     
  9. Shifty Squid

    Shifty Squid Member

    That's right, Frank. Ronnie came from Miami, not Palm Beach. I think my head is hurting from the news, and I got the two mixed up. My apologies, all. Carry on.
     
  10. Tarheel316

    Tarheel316 Well-Known Member

    What is AJC's circulation?
     
  11. derwood

    derwood Active Member

    They have to cover a lot of stuff.
     
  12. Shifty Squid

    Shifty Squid Member

    Is? Or Was?

    As of the last audit, it was roughly 300K on weekdays and 450K on Sundays. Not sure when that was or if/how much it has dropped since then.
     
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