The upcoming AJC list

[Moderator1]

He was on the list I posted about the other day, Terence was not.
But I am told he remains a buyout taker.
Working on the details but I'm betting the ranch it is correct.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Is it Furman?

 

[Bullrog]

Is it Furman?

No.

He writes on a contract basis anyway. Heck, I can't remember any of his columns recently (although I haven't picked up an actual copy of the paper in a very long time).

 

[chilidog75]

John Hollis is a good dude. Hope he lands on his feet.

 

[Full of Shit]

Geez, Slockett is (was) a ****ing institution at that place. He took a lot of ****, but we couldn't have gotten along without him. Bon voyage, Mr. Aaron dude (AJC vets will recognize the reference).

And George Leite is a guy I remember from years ago as a really, really bright kid - someone I thought would go far in this business.

Now of course he's not a kid anymore, and I hope he can go far AWAY from this business and find a company and profession worthy of his talent.

Terry Moore is, as another poster noted, a gentleman, and someone I'm proud to count as a friend.

As for the AJC, I'm almost ashamed to say I worked there anymore.

FOS

 

[Ronnie Ramos]

I am leaving the AJC. I will be joining the NCAA as managing director of new media strategies and content development.

As many have said here, Mike Knobler is a great journalist and an even better person. I was lucky to work with him and many of the other wonderful people in sports. It's been a wild 5 years.

 

[Moderator1]

Well, that's confirmation straight from the source.
Good luck to you out there.

 

[Drip]

I am leaving the AJC. I will be joining the NCAA as managing director of new media strategies and content development.

As many have said here, Mike Knobler is a great journalist and an even better person. I was lucky to work with him and many of the other wonderful people in sports. It's been a wild 5 years.

In the immortal words of Michael Ray Richardson, "The ship be sinkin!!!"

 

[Don Drysdale]

Didn't a previous "reorganization" move Ramos out of sports?

 

[Drip]

How did it get so bad in Atlanta in such a short period of time?

 

[Moderator1]

Atlanta is hardly the lone ranger. You can't even count the number of papers that have done a cut and then done another one - and then another (and maybe another).
Crystal balls are all non-functioning. No one had a clue how bad it would (or will) get.
Newspapers blew it on the Internet. Plain and simple. Now it is too late. There's no catching up. Yet papers still want to be Kings of the Internet when others already have that cornered.
How 'bout going back to being a newspaper? Except no one will advertise in one anymore.

 

[Bullrog]

It's been a wild 5 years.

Understatement of the year.

 

[Mike Knobler]

Didn't a previous "reorganization" move Ramos out of sports?

Yes, briefly, before everybody recognized that wasn't a good idea.

 

[Don Drysdale]

Do we know who is in charge in sports now?

 

[Football_Bat]

Do we know who is in charge in sports now?

YOU'RE HIRED!

 

[Don Drysdale]

Replacing a guy with that kind of work ethic and reputation would be quite a thing.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

As an AJC customer, let me state that Knobler's work will definitely be missed.

Can't say the same for Moore. He might be a nice guy, but his writing was beyond predictable, and that's about the nicest thing I can say.

And if they had to pay Furman severance based on years of service, he would pretty much own the AJC.

 

[Deep South Hack]

Has anyone seen the latest "reorganization" at the AJC (released earlier today)? It's rather stunning, to say the least. A lot of pi$$ed off people. What in the hell are they doing there?

 

[Moderator1]

You got it? Post it!

 

[Deep South Hack]

A few of the changes:
New Georgia writer (or reduced to one)
College editor is new Georgia Tech writer
Falcons editor is new Thrashers writer