Sports Loses Five at Deseret News

That's got to be a huge hit. How big was the staff to begin with?

 

Writing staff is big. Over 20 on staff, including editors. Layout isn't included in that number.

 

I remember being surprised how big the staff was at the Olympics. I just assumed a lot of them were newsside guys helping out, but more often than not, that wasn't the case.

 

No way Salt Lake City needs 20 on the staff, unless they feel they need a mountain-climbing beat writer.

 

Tell me, all knowing one, how many staffers does a 75,000 circ newspaper need in sports?

Consider, there is an NBA team, six Division I colleges, a few minor league sports, the normal high school sports scene, and it's home base for a gruntload of winter olympic sports.

Please fill out your ideal staff.

 

I work at a 170K (maybe), and we don't have 20 writers/editors. If you're counting deskers in that total, then yes.

 

I'm not saying 20 (since that's the number being used) is too high or too low. But how would you fill the staff out and keep it to, say, 15?

 

Give me distances. How close is the paper to all the teams?

 

This is especially bad news because of the unique situation of the Deseret News. That paper is under much less profit pressure than most. I'm pretty sure that the LDS church isn't trying to maximize shareholder value. So if they're feeling the pinch, we're all screwed.

Good luck to everyone in Salt Lake.