Source: Five out at Baltimore Sun

According to an e-mail tip, several folks in the sports department at the Baltimore Sun have taken voluntary buyouts.

Among those out are columnist John Eisenberg, copy editor Mike Reeb and reporters Paul McMullen, Kent Baker and Gary Lambrecht.

The source says: "No word yet on how the jobs are being filled. There's some scuttlebutt about golf writer Don Markus doing Navy and perhaps some Ravens features. The paper has stopped covering the Redskins and Wizards."

 

They've stopped covering the Redskins and Wizards? Good lord, we're doomed.

 

Friend of mine went to the Sun a few months back in a non-editorial position. She says it's a toxic environment right now, with management struggling to transition to a workable model. I hope those who leave can find a better circumstance.

 

Next time, use the blue font.

First, I didn't know they covered the Wizards.

Second, since the Skins play in Landover, coverage probably is warranted.

 

Or not.

The Dallas Morning News went through a navel-gazing phase a while back where staff writers googled themselves and wrote stories about persons of the same name (e.g. Dave Levinthal).

 

I was (mostly) serious. The NFL is the biggest thing going in sports in this country, and the Wizards are the only NBA franchise in their backyard, last I checked.

I'm nowhere near Baltimore, but from a distance, it seems odd they wouldn't cover those teams.

 

They've always used wire on the road for the Wizards and Caps, for as long as I can remember. Maybe it was different when they played in Landover. And sometimes I could've sworn I saw wire stories for home games, too.

Skins, I always remember them covering them home and away, so this definitely is a new one.

 

Might've been a tad different before the Browns moved to Balto.

 

Fair enough. Like I said, I don't have a good pulse on that market.

 

And by the way, best of luck to those departing the Sun. Scary time to be unemployed in this line of work.