Green Bay ASE

[Norman Stansfield]

Could someone share more information on the paper ... positives/negatives and such? Thanks.

long winters

You're not kidding. I lived in Wisconsin for a bit during my college days and remeember getting a few inches of snow on the first day of May.

****, I remember getting 10 inches of snow on May 15 once.

 

[SportsHack1818]

I may be outing myself here, but I used to work at the other Green Bay newspaper in town, the News-Chronicle, that folded a few years ago.

Personally, I loved Green Bay. I actually lived halfway between Green Bay and Appleton, and enjoyed both cities. There were plenty of cultural opportunities, a handful of good restaurants, and from May-September, a surprisingly large number of good golf courses.

Everyone knows about the Packers, but there's good college basketball in the winter, leaving the summer as the only down time as far as having something of note to cover (although there is plenty of Packers stuff still going on at that time of year). Also, the high school sports in the area are quite good.

Sure, it's cold in winter. That's no surprise. Then again, it's the same way for half the country that time of year.

 

[Mira]

Yeah, I remember that blizzard in May. Brutal. And it's 6- today.

 

[Riddick]

I had a friend say he never expereienced real freezing weather until he spent eight months in Wisconsin.

 

[arnold ziffel]

Heard Havel got fired. Curious why. Anybody know?

 

[Riddick]

Wow newbie! I hope that wasn't one of your brighter posts.

 

[OrangeGrad]

Position filled Friday.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Position filled Friday.

Name?

 

[Riddick]

wow that was fast.

 

[wisportswriter]

Fast indeed.
Makes one wonder if the hire was made from within.

 

[Boognish]

It wasn't

 

[Riddick]

so, is anyone gonna dish who got this gig or what?

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

Lets just say that if you look at what Wisconsin paper started advertising for a new SE, put 2 and 2 together....

 

[Riddick]

Oh, you might as well call that an inhouse hire. They're all a part of that Wisconsin Gannett group. But three weeks still seems really fast for a hire.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

Oh, you might as well call that an inhouse hire. They're all a part of that Wisconsin Gannett group. But three weeks still seems really fast for a hire.

Eau Claire is not part of Gannett.

 

[Ellis Redding]

Oh, you might as well call that an inhouse hire. They're all a part of that Wisconsin Gannett group. But three weeks still seems really fast for a hire.

Eau Claire is not part of Gannett.

Correct -- they're family-owned. However, did someone really go from a few months as SE at Eau Claire (Eric Page didn't leave for Quad Cities(?) that long ago) to ASE at Green Bay? I'm not buying it.

 

[PP and K]

Not buying it? It's true. Tom Pelissero, who was SE at Eau Claire, has been hired as ASE at Green Bay.

 

[Ellis Redding]

Not buying it? It's true. Tom Pelissero, who was SE at Eau Claire, has been hired as ASE at Green Bay.

I know. I heard via PM. Thanks.