In the news today: Gannett lays off journalists across the country. Here is your yearly reminder that Gannett also lays off employees who don’t work in the newsroom ... they are just rarely included in the sad pieces because they don’t get to write them. IT, customer service, circulation, operations, advertising, production, design, marketing, sales, finance... these are all people who contribute toward getting those papers on your doorstep/news on your digital display of choice. Their ...
Get thee behind me, rotten week!
I'm so happy it's Sunday because this past week was one of the worst ones I've had since 2006. Let's have a crazy week in review... 1) Sunday: Father's Day. Talk to Dad & learn that he's having some nonbloggable (but not health) issues. Ugh. 2) Monday: Calm, which is good because I needed it for Tuesday... 3) Tuesday: More layoffs at the Courier-Post. We lost 13 that day including my manager, whose position was eliminated. This means more work for all of us. I don't know how many times I can ...
