Why the love for Romenesko?

He got fired from Poynter and is a so-called "disgraced journalist" but it seems many people here love him.

 

Because he writes his gamers chronologically. Same with his sidebar/features.

 

I'm one of 'em doodah, but engaging you further with reasons is a thing I'd rather not get sucked into.

 

No, please tell me. I want to know why so many people like this dude.

 

We like him better than we like you.

 

Have you read his blog on a daily basis?

 

I don't have time right now, but I do feel you have misrepresented his departure from Poynter. I'll try to follow up a bit later.

 

I've got some time, so I'll jump on the grenade.

He was not fired; after the ginned-up controversy that the Poynter Institute created, he resigned a few weeks ahead of a previously announced plan to leave. He's not a "disgraced journalist"; most industry observers believe Poynter created a much-ado-about-nothing reason in an effort to damage his reputation when it learned he would be starting his own (competing) media blog after his pending departure. And people like him because he knows what the hell is going on in the media business.

 

What did Poynter create?

 

Hand wringing.

 

Sigh. There's a cool new research tool -- it's called Google -- that can offer you as much background as you need to understand the reasons and perspectives behind his controversial departure.

 

He won't go to Google. That's not his style. It cuts into nap time.