Another one bites the dust

[Pulitzer Wannabe]

Jim Carty, Ann Arbor News:

http://blog.mlive.com/jim_carty/2008/10/it_was_a_privilege_to_write_fo.html

 

[prezclinton]

That's what a farewell column is supposed to look like.

 

[FuturaBold]

Someone please email this to our parent company, who continues to strip away any semblance of our shop being a real newspaper anymore:

They're why, even in this age of a rapidly fractionalizing media market, a good local newspaper, and the jobs of local newspaper writers, still can - and should - matter tremendously in creating a sense of community.

 

[SF_Express]

That's what a farewell column is supposed to look like.

Agreed...

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

Outstanding farewell column, and kudos to whomever took the time to link to all of those past columns. Newspapers need to do more linking to past stories.

 

[Cosmo]

Well ******* .... Carty is one of the real good dudes in this biz. He's helped me in a lot of ways and I wish him the best of luck down the road.

 

[slappy4428]

Carty and I hooked horns here early and we wound up getting along rather well.
Good luck Jim... and you still owe me a beer at FP...

 

[Steak Snabler]

So where is he going? Anybody know? Based on his mugshot, he's too young to be retiring ...

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Sounded like law school...

 

[Appgrad05]

Footnote said Toledo Law.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Footnote said Toledo Law.

Thanks. Missed that. Just as most readers skip the byline, I usually skip the tagline unless I'm intent on contacting the writer ...

 

[playthrough]

That's what a farewell column is supposed to look like.

And he gave props (and links) to other reporters' stories. Very class act.

 

[WaylonJennings]

There's a more industry-directed goodbye column on his blog, papertigernomore.blogspot.com, as well as some thoughts on this whole process. It's good reading - Jim and I have talked about this process over the last few months, with both of us going through much of the same. I have to imagine he's both relieved and saddened to finally come to some sort of resolution.

At least the academic series in the spring ensured he'll have at least one more APSE coming his way.

 

[TwoGloves]

He talked more about law school on the blog, which is linked.

 

[Gold]

Terrrrrrifffffic guy.... and I had to use the extra r's and f's.

I had the good fortune to help him and his paper out at a Bowl game... it was a great experience....

The way things are going, Jim, pay attention in the bankruptcy and commercial law class... bankruptcy filings are on the rise.

 

[Joe Williams]

If Jim is happy, I'm happy for him. Newspapers should be sad about the loss of somone who brought all the right passions, skills and instincts, and honed them further in the business.

Have to say, though, that I hate to see law firms getting good people just because newspapers are running them out, when the schools and non-profits could use them. Do we really, really need more lawyers? Isn't the ratio of law students to actual law jobs about as out of whack as J-students to journalism jobs these days? Wills and trusts and pre-nups and adoption documents and even corporate mumbo-jumbo, I suppose that's all good and needed. But once you get into the suing of someone or the defending of someone being sued, it all seems like such a miserable pursuit.

 

[WaylonJennings]

If Jim is happy, I'm happy for him. Newspapers should be sad about the loss of somone who brought all the right passions, skills and instincts, and honed them further in the business.

Have to say, though, that I hate to see law firms getting good people just because newspapers are running them out, when the schools and non-profits could use them. Do we really, really need more lawyers? Isn't the ratio of law students to actual law jobs about as out of whack as J-students to journalism jobs these days? Wills and trusts and pre-nups and adoption documents and even corporate mumbo-jumbo, I suppose that's all good and needed. But once you get into the suing of someone or the defending of someone being sued, it all seems like such a miserable pursuit.

This is like judging the journalism industry based on the National Enquirer and Fox News.

 

[Joe Williams]

Oh, I admit, I'm not very rational when it comes to dislike/distrust of lawyers. Same as so many folks hate "the media," I guess. Knew one too many goofballs in undergrad who went to law school with no real goal beyond making a lot of coin.

No matter how badly this biz turns out for many of us, we at least can say we weren't driven chiefly by that motive.

 

[Birdscribe]

Wow. Never saw this coming. And after reading this column, I'm sure nobody outside of a few bean-counters wanted to see this coming either.

Jim was THE first person to PM me when I entered the sandbox. He was always an insightful, helpful individual who freely gave of his time and helped me figure out which end of the crayon was up around these parts.

He even asked me if I wanted to send him my clips to proof. I thanked him for the offer and told him that part of my life ended when I became a flack.

And yes, this was a damn good farewell column. I'd like to have seen what Jim wrote about Chris Eggle. A home run, I'm sure.

Like the Strib not getting to read Jeff Shelman, the readers of the Ann Arbor News are the poorer for it now.

 

[Joe Williams]

Like the Strib not getting to read Jeff Shelman, the readers of the Ann Arbor News are the poorer for it now.

But the owners, shareholders and beancounters are temporarily richer for it.