tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post7690130275346152275..comments2023-10-26T03:49:14.799-07:00Comments on Ghost Word: Strange Upside to the Loss of 150 SF Chronicle Reporters and EditorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-19051181424665880532009-05-14T12:55:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:55:00.000-07:00Thanks for mentioning Normal at Any Cost, which I ...Thanks for mentioning Normal at Any Cost, which I co-authored. I'm not sure it makes any difference to your thesis, but Heidi began that piece while still on staff. She decided to take the buyout a few days after interviewing us, and the story was originally scheduled to run a month ago -- we're just relieved that it ran before the paper folds.<br /><br />I was amazed by how few people get the Chronicle compared to a few years ago. An e-mail to the neighborhood in search of extra copies of the article turned up only three people who still subscribe. This is all unbearably sad to someone who has not only been a journalist for thirty years, but who taught others to enter a profession that is now melting away under them.susan cohenhttp://www.susancohen-writer.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-58202301815308978152009-05-14T12:46:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:46:00.000-07:00The Chron is paying more than $250 a piece.
This...The Chron is paying more than $250 a piece. <br /><br />This actually does mean that some former staffers are getting more work, and more work in their area of strength, into the paper, ironically enough.<br /><br />-- Chronicle insiderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-45167966799736903912009-05-14T12:03:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:03:00.000-07:00wanna bet the chron's paying less than $250 a piec...wanna bet the chron's paying less than $250 a piece?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com