tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post6948625614870979200..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: Kansas City Star Carnage!!! TKC advice to unemployed newsies: "It's time to get a blog"Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-29717987308708986742008-06-19T23:49:00.000-05:002008-06-19T23:49:00.000-05:00Their replacing them with cheaper labor..............Their replacing them with cheaper labor.............illegal immigrants. Turning the KC Star into KC Amigos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-30450616869170615652008-06-19T12:24:00.000-05:002008-06-19T12:24:00.000-05:00Great information all around. I agree with these f...Great information all around. I agree with these folks. The death of the newspaper is a bad thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-26641803510619420012008-06-19T09:31:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:31:00.000-05:00Northland Bureau reporter David Knopf also was let...Northland Bureau reporter David Knopf also was let go. To anyone familiar with the inner-workings of the newsroom, there is no doubt that Zieman, Randy Smith and Co. used these layoffs as an opportunity to get rid of reporters and lower-end staff that they deemed as undesirable. People like Rock and Wenske were solid reporters and Bob Lynn was regarded by many as the best editor on the Metro Desk. A veteran of more than 30 years at the paper, Bob did not cow-tow to horseshit corporate-style editors like Smith. All of this is such a goddamn shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-8511146393029270162008-06-19T09:08:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:08:00.000-05:00Just remember Tony that you shouldn't completely a...Just remember Tony that you shouldn't completely advocate the death of dead-tree media.<BR/><BR/>If you didn't have the Star or the Pitch, where would you get your news? Who would you complain about?<BR/><BR/>Get your news from the TV stations?<BR/><BR/>Legitimate stories on the TV stations are largely just repurposing info that has appeared on the Star. Sure, the TV stations come up with their own stuff, but the majority of it is crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-40442899066092417292008-06-19T09:00:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:00:00.000-05:00Here’s the layoff tally as I know it to this point...Here’s the layoff tally as I know it to this point:<BR/><BR/>Paul Wenske, personal finance, business desk<BR/>Julius Karash, health care, business desk<BR/>Jackie White, fashion, FYI<BR/>Paul Horsley, classical music and dance, FYI<BR/>Laura Scott, editorial page<BR/>Joe Lambe, Jackson County courts, city desk<BR/>Vicki Long, KC Board of Trade, business desk<BR/>Dave Olson, business wire editor<BR/>Melodee Blobaum, editor, Shawnee-Lenexa Neighborhood News<BR/>Loren Stanton, editor, Blue Valley-Leawood Neighborhood News<BR/>Bob Lynn, weekend editor, city desk<BR/>L. Eric Craven, graphic artist<BR/>John Mutrux, photographer for House and Home section<BR/>Two of the three calendar clerks (compiled and verified all of the calendar of events listings)<BR/>Sports box score editor<BR/><BR/>From what I have been told, there was little or no planning done with regard to how to fill these holes and the remaining staff is scrambling to figure this out (for example, there have been hurried meetings to figure out who will shoot the pictures for the next House and Home section, and to figure out a weekend rotation for editors to man the city desk). <BR/><BR/>Except for the two Neighborhood News editors, the ranks of middle and upper management were left absolutely untouched. <BR/><BR/>Outside the newsroom, the entire security staff has been eliminated and that task will now be outsourced. <BR/><BR/>It seems clear that this list was put together to meet a numerical target rather than a dollar figure, as many of these are low-paying positions. The decision to leave the management ranks largely untouched was a tragically missed opportunity to weed out a lot of overpaid, undercontributing drones, and a total failure of leadership by Mark Zieman that sacrificed production in favor of privilege.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com