Recent content by Dr. Ted Nelson

I can't say with 100 percent certainty, but I believe this was created by Rob Hernandez leaving the Wisconsin State Journal for another job. (Edited to note Hernandez's new gig is not within the company, as I previously believed.) Hernandez, for those who don't know, was a longtime WSJ preps...

RW21: I asked a somewhat similar question this past summer when I was pondering a switch to news after 13 years in sports. I got some great responses, which may help you in addition to the good feedback you've already received here. I will add that I have made said switch and do not regret it...

I guess I should clarify. Are they seriously asking applicants to write a "separate statement" that says, "I am not racist, nor do I laugh at handicapped people nor park in their spots." Or is there something deeper I'm missing?

This is in the qualifications field of a job posting for a director of social community position at a university. Maybe it's not a good sign that I don't quite understand what they're looking for here, but nonetheless, I come before SportsJournalists.com and its collective wisdom. What are they...

I thank everyone who posted here most sincerely. You have helped ease my mind, and I appreciate that more than you can know. So thank-you. Thank-you very much.

I've been a sports writer for 13 years, the last nine at my current shop, a 30K, 7-day a.m. We're a small staff, so we're reporters and designers, thus 99 percent of my shifts are 4 p.m.-1 a.m. When I started this particular job, I was fine with that shift because I was young and sans offspring...

We're about to find out at my shop. Word is our paper (30-35K daily) is going to a paywall this year. I don't know whether it will prove lucrative. But our online ad revenue is so minuscule, it's worth it to try. Because we're a smaller daily and dominate the media in our area, I think we're as...

I don't know who the copy folks are, but I'm told Tom Ziemer took a buyout, meaning the WSJ will change its Packers beat writer in the late preseason for a second consecutive fall.

Some folks just accepted buyouts at the Wisconsin State Journal. Not sure of the total number, but I know of three in sports. Any other Lee papers undergoing another similar round of downsizing?

Re: Job interview question: What if they ask how committed I am to newspapers? Maybe you interviewed at my shop. During a recent hiring process, our SE told us he didn't like one of the candidates - who also just happened to be clearly the most talented writer - because of his aspirations to...

I agree with your post, Zag, especially this one, as one of my colleagues is this guy. I will say, however, that it doesn't prevent me from working pretty close to "only" 40 hours each week. And I'm not worried about my job a la your No. 2, because I bust my ass for those 40 hours, and I'm...

Just heard that among the accepted buyouts was State Journal Packers beat writer Jason Wilde. That floored me. I prefer the work of the Packers guys in Milwaukee, but Jason was exceptional in his own right, and produced amazing work as a one-man gang on that beat. The Dr. Ted Nelson pipeline...

30 buyouts this week. More cuts could come if that wasn't deemed enough. The story doesn't say whether any of the staffers who took buyouts were in sports. http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/07/27/daily29.html

My shop added a manager-level editor very shortly before the first of three rounds of company-wide cuts, including two rounds that hit the newsroom. Not filled a vacant position - created a new one.

Are you saying cashing it in for all 1s and a trip to the strip club was a bad use? Seriously, that's not a bad idea. Maybe I should have done that. I suppose I still could, make a donation in that same amount and call it even ...