Up next, Charleston

[Moderator1]

Seven in the newsroom, one in sports we're now told below.
http://charleston.net/news/2009/feb/06/post_and_courier_eliminates_25_jobs/

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

One in sports, and just a month after they hired a sports writer.

The good news (if there is such a thing when someone loses his/her job) is that the severance package was above average compared with industry trends.

 

[SCEditor]

Any idea who they lost in Sports? I got a few friends over there. PM me if you don't want to post it on here.

 

[Rufino]

Charlie Bennett is your answer in sports, it would appear...

http://www.charleston.net/blogs/gamecocks/2009/feb/06/0206-charlie/

 

[SCEditor]

Charlie Bennett is your answer in sports, it would appear...

http://www.charleston.net/blogs/gamecocks/2009/feb/06/0206-charlie/

If I'm correct, Charlie was covering the College of Charleston. In the past, the Post and Courier hadn't had a full-time CofC beat writer, but had a few other people handling it and people at the college didn't like not having its own beat writer. I never really knew Charlie, but I did read a lot of his work. I hope he lands on his feet.

 

[ianguerin]

Let me be the next to wish nothing but the best for Charlie during his post-P&C days.
Charlie's a hell of a dude and routinely went out of his way to help me out when I was covering South Carolina in the Fall of 2004. He introduced me to sources, made sure I knew my way around the football landscape and always had a place for me to stay when I didn't have it in me to drive back to Anderson after all those long days in Columbia.
As proof by what Travis Haney wrote in his blog on the P&C's site, I wasn't the only one Charlie made sure was comfortable.
Best wishes, Charlie.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

****.

Me and Charlie are boys from his time in N.O.

Great dude.

Sonuva****inbitch.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Uh-oh ... I hope one friend of mine is OK there.

I think he switched over to news, but 25 is a lot of cuts. And while I had never met Charlie, I had heard these kind of stories about him before this ugly announcement.

Hang in there, Charlie - and Charleston.

 

[FreddiePatek]

Charlie is a terrific, terrific guy. I know more than a few folks in South Carolina who are going to miss seeing him around. He could be a freelancer extraordinaire, if he so chooses. Whatever he does, I wish him all the best.

 

[The Granny]

His name sounds really familiar to me for some reason. I wish him luck and give him a warm hug.