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So true, Granny. As the soon-to-be-former SE, having been here for barely five months, I would also add that it absolutely sucks to have this happen before I really had a chance to put a stamp on the section.
But I'll say this: All three of us are holding our heads up high and, one way or another, we'll get through it. We know it's no reflection upon us. And we appreciate the outpouring of support.

 

So I'm checking out JournalismJobs.com for obvious reasons, and down toward the bottom of the page I stumble upon a couple ads for an unnamed newspaper in the Southeast, posted March 3 and saying they anticipate openings for 2-3 news reporters and 2-3 copy editors in a couple weeks. Less than three weeks later, MG rolls out its bold and innovative "let's screw everybody in Danville" strategy. Coincidence? Maybe.
Maybe not.

 

That'd be odd. I assumed the interviews y'all were having were strictly internal. But I've been wrong before and will be wrong again at least three more times before lunch.

 

More than likely, they are internal. At least that's the impression most of us have been given. But to see those mysterious ads, and then considering their timing, it just made me wonder. Blame it on a sense of heightened paranoia, I guess.

 

Well, you're not alone in the paranoia. After your post I checked jjobs to see if anything was posted that would fit my paper.

 

Someone from another MG paper in Va. e-mailed me today to pass along his condolences. My reply, I'm afraid, might have come off as somewhat harsh. Basically I said that everyone who still works for MG needs to be looking over their shoulders.
Having said that, I'm starting to feel a little bit better about my prospects for still being employed two weeks from now, albeit in a different role. But I'm also considering other options. I'd be foolish not to.

 

One in sports in C'ville.

 

Around 30 people were laid off at the TV station in Raleigh, the 2nd biggest in the MG market.

 

It wasn't harsh.

 

13 folks let go today in Winston-Salem, two in the newsroom. Neither of them in sports.

Just so, so sad.

 

Jesus. 13?