San Jose editor moving to Alabama

[SixToe]

From Romenesko:

Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 12:35 PM
To: & EDIT ALL
Subject: FW: kevin wendt announcement

Folks:

We're saddened to announce that Kevin Wendt is leaving the Mercury News to become editor of the Huntsville Times, in Huntsville, Ala.

http://poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=13346

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Kevin Wendt went.

 

[dixiehack]

Damn. Can't this person move to Atlanta or Florida with the rest of the Yankees? :-\

 

[Editude]

What are the odds 10 years ago that a Merc editor would take an editing job at a 50k paper in Alabama?

 

[Rockbottom]

Huntsville is more like a 90K, I believe.

rb

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

What are the odds 10 years ago that a Merc editor would take an editing job at a 50k paper in Alabama?

That's a fact, Jack! [/stripes]

Should we congratulate Mr. Wendt on his prison break?

 

[Editude]

It might have a good Web presence, but print circulation is pretty small:

TIMES, HUNTSVILLE (MADISON CO.) SUN DLY 71,786
TIMES, HUNTSVILLE (MADISON CO.) SAT M DLY 50,981
TIMES, HUNTSVILLE (MADISON CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 53,194

 

[MileHigh]

He's not the editor in San Jose. He's an AME. And he's taking the No. 1 job in Huntsville. Doesn't seem THAT much out of the realm of things, especially how things are going in Northern California.

Here's the Merc job opening.

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=927046

 

[sportsed]

The Huntsville Times is a good paper, and Wendt will make it better. But he's only 30 years old, so this is likely just the next in a series of bigger and better jobs to come for him.

 

[MMatt60]

He must have been a hell of a reporter and editor to move up that quickly. Was he a sports editor, too??

 

[Shark_Juumper]

He must have been a hell of a reporter and editor to move up that quickly. Was he a sports editor, too??

He was a designer and I believe the sports editor reported to him when he was AME. The Merc used to be one of the best places for designers to work. If you were a designer and wanted to get into editing/supervising that was a great place to be.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

SAM: What's new, Normie? NORM: Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach and they're demanding beer.

SAM: What'd you like, Normie? NORM: A reason to live. Give me another beer.

SAM: What'll you have Normie? NORM: Well, I'm in a gambling mood, Sammy. I'll take a glass of whatever comes out of that tap. SAM: Looks like beer, Norm. NORM: Call me Mister Lucky.

WOODY: What's the story, Mr. Peterson? NORM: The Bobbsey twins go to the brewery. Let's cut to the happy ending.

WOODY: Hey, Mr. Peterson, there's a cold one waiting for you. NORM: I know. If she calls, I'm not here.

WOODY: How's it going, Mr. Peterson? NORM: Poor. WOODY: I'm sorry to hear that. NORM: No, I mean pour.

WOODY: Pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson? NORM: All right, but stop me at one. Make that one-thirty.

WOODY: What's going on, Mr. Peterson? NORM: The question is what's going in Mr. Peterson? A beer please, Woody.

WOODY: How would a beer feel, Mr. Peterson? NORM: Pretty nervous if I was in the room.

WOODY: Hey, Mr. Peterson, what's up? NORM: The warranty on my liver.

SAM: What do you say, Norm? NORM: Any cheap, tawdry thing that'll get me a beer.

COACH: What would you say to a beer, Normie? NORM: Daddy wuvs you.

SAM: What do you know there, Norm? NORM: How to sit. How to drink. Want to quiz me?

COACH: Can I draw you a beer, Norm? NORM: No, I know what they look like. Just pour me one.

CLIFF: Hey, Norm, What's up? NORM: My blood-alcohol level.

 

[Hammer Pants]

Working for Newhouse isn't a bad thing. Those Bama papers take care of their people.

 

[2underpar]

the Huntsville paper is doing pretty well financially, I'm told.

 

[Rockbottom]

the Huntsville paper is doing pretty well financially, I'm told.

I stand correctled on their circ. from earlier, btw ...

They have enough former SEs on the payroll there, they *must* be doing ok. :)

rb

 

[Baron Scicluna]

SAM: What's new, Normie? NORM: Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach and they're demanding beer.

SAM: What'd you like, Normie? NORM: A reason to live. Give me another beer.

SAM: What'll you have Normie? NORM: Well, I'm in a gambling mood, Sammy. I'll take a glass of whatever comes out of that tap. SAM: Looks like beer, Norm. NORM: Call me Mister Lucky.

WOODY: What's the story, Mr. Peterson? NORM: The Bobbsey twins go to the brewery. Let's cut to the happy ending.

WOODY: Hey, Mr. Peterson, there's a cold one waiting for you. NORM: I know. If she calls, I'm not here.

WOODY: How's it going, Mr. Peterson? NORM: Poor. WOODY: I'm sorry to hear that. NORM: No, I mean pour.

WOODY: Pour you a beer, Mr. Peterson? NORM: All right, but stop me at one. Make that one-thirty.

WOODY: What's going on, Mr. Peterson? NORM: The question is what's going in Mr. Peterson? A beer please, Woody.

WOODY: How would a beer feel, Mr. Peterson? NORM: Pretty nervous if I was in the room.

WOODY: Hey, Mr. Peterson, what's up? NORM: The warranty on my liver.

SAM: What do you say, Norm? NORM: Any cheap, tawdry thing that'll get me a beer.

COACH: What would you say to a beer, Normie? NORM: Daddy wuvs you.

SAM: What do you know there, Norm? NORM: How to sit. How to drink. Want to quiz me?

COACH: Can I draw you a beer, Norm? NORM: No, I know what they look like. Just pour me one.

CLIFF: Hey, Norm, What's up? NORM: My blood-alcohol level.

WOODY: How's the world treating you, Mr. Peterson? NORM: Like the way a baby treats a new diaper.

 

[DanOregon]

So this guy leaves the Merc and the BANG loses its top two IT people to Yahoo! (YAHOO?!) What's going on?

 

[MMatt60]

The Mercury News was declared a disaster area a while back.

It's also possible the latest exit was not lamented by top management. Anyone with a big salary could be getting a push. That's what happened with the previous rash of AMEs leaving.

 

[sportsed]

The Mercury News was declared a disaster area a while back.

It's also possible the latest exit was not lamented by top management. Anyone with a big salary could be getting a push. That's what happened with the previous rash of AMEs leaving.

Sure, I suppose we all can cut MMatt a break because of the carefully inserted "possible" in his/her post, but there's a fine line between posing a question and otherwise throwing out an uninformed statement with a caveat attached.

 

[MileHigh]

The Merc already is advertising for the position -- as an AME.