Herald cuts now official

[SF_Express]

Those Miami Herald cuts we talked about several weeks ago here were official Friday, and unfortunately, hopes that some people leaving might mean others could stay wasn't the case when it came to most of the names we discussed in the sports department:

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/04/another_miami_herald_farewell.php#more

Also, LeBetard is coming back to write a column a week, the memo says.

(It's a long memo.)

 

[Moderator1]

So Shain and Phillips are among those gone? I recall hoping I'd receive a PM telling me that info was wrong.
Kee-rist. What a business.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

I have no use whatsoever for those ****in' memos.

We're shoving you out the door, but you're a great journalist.

STFU.

 

[SF_Express]

So Shain and Phillips are among those gone? I recall hoping I'd receive a PM telling me that info was wrong.
Kee-rist. What a business.

Yes, that seems to be the case. On a personal note, old colleague Dan Christensen, a watchdog in my area, is gone, too, as feared.

 

[playthrough]

St. Pete, Orlando and Miami now are all without full-time auto racing writers?

 

[Riddick]

St. Pete, Orlando and Miami now are all without full-time auto racing writers?

I'm actually curious as to which papers in the country still actually do have full-time auto racing writers.

 

[SixToe]

Hoo-boy, what a super memo.

"Let's enjoy the good times with our colleagues. Laugh with me as I tell funny stories and quips. Then watch them all leave as everyone who is left behind slaving like dogs wonders about cutbacks in the second half of the year."

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Did I miss Shain's name in that memo? I saw Phillips and Rothchild (sp?).

 

[SF_Express]

...In his 10 years here, Jeff Shain has earned the respect of his peers by being one of the most knowledgeable and helpful members of our Sports staff. He has written with authority on golf, Florida State (and UF and UM) and college football. He is an outstanding planner and a clever, prolific writer who files well-crafted, error-free stories no matter the deadline. His expertise across a wide range was always appreciated.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

That sucks... I read it fast and hoped he'd escaped the cuts.

I do find these career eulogies incredibly condescending.

 

[lone star scribe]

That sucks... I read it fast and hoped he'd escaped the cuts.

I do find these career eulogies incredibly condescending.

Yeah, like if you really believed all that crap, why are you dumping him?

 

[slappy4428]

That sucks... I read it fast and hoped he'd escaped the cuts.

I do find these career eulogies incredibly condescending.

Yeah, like if you really believed all that crap, why are you dumping him?

well struck...

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Well, let's be fair, positions are being eliminated, so it has very little, if anything to do with the writer in question. If they were letting people go by merit, there is no way Jeff Shain would be going anywhere.

 

[MileHigh]

I know a lot of people on that list. Heartbreaking.

 

[mustangj17]

St. Pete, Orlando and Miami now are all without full-time auto racing writers?

I'm actually curious as to which papers in the country still actually do have full-time auto racing writers.

Freep's got an auto writer. Full time? Not sure.

 

[lone star scribe]

Charlotte has David Poole. He might be the last full-time auto writer.

 

[write then drink]

crushing

devastating

 

[playthrough]

Weaker and/or less seniority = usually cheaper.

 

[MileHigh]

It's not about your performance.

The decision on Shain and many others was was made at higher levels, as in, the bean counters.

 

[Mira]

Curt Cavin and Steve Ballard are full-time auto racing writers at the Indianapolis Star, so I don't think Poole is the only one left out there.

Ballard writes hoops in the offseason, if I'm not mistaken.