The death of the Eugene Register-Guard

[micropolitan guy]

Well, I guess it's not dead yet. But might as well be.

Truly awful, what has happened to this paper, which was one of the finest mid-sized city dailies in its heyday. So many outstanding writers, photogs and editors, a few of whom I worked with at my Microville shop before they moved 45 miles upriver, and many sports staffers who I spent time with on the road or in town covering Microville Tech sports.

Letting the Statesman-Journal run the Register-Guard is like letting the St. Louis Browns run the 1930s-50s New York Yankees or letting the Lions run the 2000-era New England Patriots.

Eugene Register-Guard languishes under Gannett, nation’s largest newspaper chain - oregonlive.com

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Mike Reed Sets Goals for New Gannett

 

[HanSenSE]

Well, I guess it's not dead yet. But might as well be.

Truly awful, what has happened to this paper, which was one of the finest mid-sized city dailies in its heyday. So many outstanding writers, photogs and editors, a few of whom I worked with at my Microville shop before they moved 45 miles upriver, and many sports staffers who I spent time with on the road or in town covering Microville Tech sports.

Letting the Statesman-Journal run the Register-Guard is like letting the St. Louis Browns run the 1930s-50s New York Yankees or letting the Lions run the 2000-era New England Patriots.

Eugene Register-Guard languishes under Gannett, nation’s largest newspaper chain - oregonlive.com

Salinas with bigger trees

 

[Editude]

Fun, frisky city with a powerhouse college and plenty of old money in the hills south of town. The mid-size demise is familiar but still disorienting at this scale.

 

[DanOregon]

Oddly enough - the Salem outlet just downsized their square footage and the landlord took their sign off their building.

 

[Antwan Staley]

I worked for the paper a year ago before leaving in July. I won’t publicly throw dirt on them. All I will say is this is tough to see from afar.

 

[OscarMadison]

I worked for the paper a year ago before leaving in July. I won’t publicly throw dirt on them. All I will say this is tough to see from afar.

I am sorry. It's tough to see an organization change to something you longer love and no longer loves you back.

 

[Antwan Staley]

I am sorry. It's tough to see an organization change to something you longer love and no longer loves you back.

I got out, so I’m good. Apparently at the right time

 

[swingline]

I got a job offer from them in, I think, 2002. I countered for about $4k more because the drive from Vancouver WA was going to be a *****. After that, the position suddenly went dark. I don’t know if that was because of my counter or just the way that chain operated.

 

[I Should Coco]

I got a job offer from them in, I think, 2002. I countered for about $4k more because the drive from Vancouver WA was going to be a *****. After that, the position suddenly went dark. I don’t know if that was because of my counter or just the way that chain operated.

Drive from Vancouver WA to Eugene each day?!? Yikes!

 

[swingline]

That's why I asked for more money.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

There isn't enough money on Earth to get me to do that commute daily.

 

[swingline]

Hey, I was working construction pretty much the whole time I lived out there. That commute would have been worth it to me to have an office job, but I needed the extra $4k to make it worth it.

I finally took a job at The Sun in San Berdoo (RIP, Lou; RIP, BGoff) to get back into newspapers and out of the construction / restoration game.

 

[DanOregon]

I commuted from Corvallis to Troutdale for three months - the only thing that kept me sane was knowing it was temporary. Needed to fill-up every day and a half - and that was before gas prices blew up. High speed rail between Eugene and Vancouver BC would make so much sense. Though I wonder if the rise in remote working almost makes it moot.

 

[Dog8Cats]

I got a job offer from them in, I think, 2002. I countered for about $4k more because the drive from Vancouver WA was going to be a *****. After that, the position suddenly went dark. I don’t know if that was because of my counter or just the way that chain operated.

No, I don't think that was the way that chain operated. In part, it was still owned by the Bakers in 2002.
I assume you were in line for a position governed by Guild pay tiers, so the internal salary credibility might have been up-heaved if somebody new got $4,000 more than called for.
Not sure what was so vital in the Couv that you couldn't move to Eugene. I also assume moving expenses were part of the offer (they were when I got an offer there)?

 

[swingline]

My girlfriend at the time worked just across the river in Oregon, and they weren’t going to pay me/us to move closer to Eugene. And we couldn’t afford to move even if we wanted to.

I don’t remember them saying anything about the Guild, but it’s been a long time since then.

Eh, it all worked out in the end, and I got to work with some nice folks in SoCal.

 

[micropolitan guy]

My girlfriend at the time worked just across the river in Oregon, and they weren’t going to pay me/us to move closer to Eugene. And we couldn’t afford to move even if we wanted to.

I don’t remember them saying anything about the Guild, but it’s been a long time since then.

Eh, it all worked out in the end, and I got to work with some nice folks in SoCal.

And you got the hell out of Clark County, Proud Boy central.

My old shop, which acted as a triple-A franchise for the Guard for many years, just announced it was going to three days a week in print. Our most recent subscription renewal will be our last. So sad to see.

 

[MileHigh]

Hey, I was working construction pretty much the whole time I lived out there. That commute would have been worth it to me to have an office job, but I needed the extra $4k to make it worth it.

I finally took a job at The Sun in San Berdoo (RIP, Lou; RIP, BGoff) to get back into newspapers and out of the construction / restoration game.

Spent many proud years at 399 North D Street.

 

[swingline]

How many times did you see a homeless guy pissing in the parking lot across the street?

We walked the women out at night.

 

[MileHigh]

How many times did you see a homeless guy pissing in the parking lot across the street?

We walked the women out at night.

Oh, pretty much every night. And we did the same. Was not a good place.