NASCAR writer Ed Hinton leaves Orlando Sentinel

So how many new local reporters are they going to hire?

 

Just saying. Ed worked for Doria at The National.

 

Could this have been a situation where they just let Ed know which way the wind was blowing?

 

Given the spree they've been on; the fact that Mr. Hinton is pretty much unrivalled in the field; and the fact that ESPN now owns the broadcast rights to the sport, it makes perfect sense.

 

Right on target, Hoops.

If there was a media outlet that covered the newspaper business like newspapers cover government, politics and business, newspapers would be exposed as frauds. NOBODY is losing money. They're just not making ENOUGH money. If the readers _ and they're READERS not CONSUMERS _ had this explained to them everybody would lose even more circulation. Local coverage = cheaper coverage.

I hope when and if there's a big NASCAR story the Trib or Orlando tries to scramble to have someone cover it, someone who doesn't know who to call or doesn't get calls returned from the NASCAR sources that Hinton has.

 

What he's probably saying is that TribCorp newsrooms weren't allowed to submit a budget for this fiscal year because it might change to a lower number after Zell took control.

 

I'm hoping Lynn can come make a cameo here (like he always does) to help us out with the justification here.

Seems moronic to me.

 

If managers had to justify every moronic decision by their industry overlords, they'd never get any work done.

 

FWIW, this was an Orlando decision. Chicago wanted to keep him.

 

The reactions to that horseshit memo are right on target, thank you very much.

 

Wording nit to pick here, too (I'm on a roll of late):

Why do we have to "produce" local news? We don't "produce" news. We report it. The people we cover produce the news.