http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/ Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:17:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/comment-page-1/#comment-90213 Doug Monroe Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:25:04 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/#comment-90213 Ken, thank you for being candid. I send Scott and David Lee my best wishes for their success as they move on with their lives. My heart aches for the demise of the profession in which I spent 30 years. Scott succeeded me as senior editor, so I know I would have been laid off if I had not left the business on my own. Today, I find that I spend much of my reading time online. Only there do I find the voices raised by people who are as angry as I am about what has happened to this country under Republican rule. The lies continue to pour out of the mainstream media. Sadly, the alternative press seems to have lost much of its capacity for outrage. That said, I wish you all the best in a very tough environment. Hang in there! Ken, thank you for being candid. I send Scott and David Lee my best wishes for their success as they move on with their lives. My heart aches for the demise of the profession in which I spent 30 years. Scott succeeded me as senior editor, so I know I would have been laid off if I had not left the business on my own. Today, I find that I spend much of my reading time online. Only there do I find the voices raised by people who are as angry as I am about what has happened to this country under Republican rule. The lies continue to pour out of the mainstream media. Sadly, the alternative press seems to have lost much of its capacity for outrage. That said, I wish you all the best in a very tough environment. Hang in there!

]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/comment-page-1/#comment-90199 James Kelly Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:46:31 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/#comment-90199 The loss of these two excellent writers is pretty severe, and the journalistic trends of downsizing and streamlining are very troublesome. The biggest consequence of releasing good writers and reducing input from freelancers is the loss of diversity of voice in your copy. Each individual, if they can write, brings a very unique perspective to their subject, and that is what has always made CL an interesting read, IMHO. When a small number of people are producing the vast majority of the copy, there is a tendency toward sameness that is very unsatisfying. I do not always agree with what other freelancers or staff writers say, but they usually say it in a way that makes me think. Where does the line between cost and quality finally dissipate, and can CL afford to lose more unique voices? Best wishes to David Lee and Scott, and I know the future will be good to them. The loss of these two excellent writers is pretty severe, and the journalistic trends of downsizing and streamlining are very troublesome. The biggest consequence of releasing good writers and reducing input from freelancers is the loss of diversity of voice in your copy. Each individual, if they can write, brings a very unique perspective to their subject, and that is what has always made CL an interesting read, IMHO. When a small number of people are producing the vast majority of the copy, there is a tendency toward sameness that is very unsatisfying. I do not always agree with what other freelancers or staff writers say, but they usually say it in a way that makes me think. Where does the line between cost and quality finally dissipate, and can CL afford to lose more unique voices? Best wishes to David Lee and Scott, and I know the future will be good to them.

]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/comment-page-1/#comment-90192 E. Goldman Foxworthy Brown Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:01:29 +0000 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/bummer/#comment-90192 The guys are in a better place now. If they're lucky and smart, which they probably are, they'll soon end-up at a media outlet with real visionaries running it. I hear they're all over the Internets now. The guys are in a better place now. If they’re lucky and smart, which they probably are, they’ll soon end-up at a media outlet with real visionaries running it. I hear they’re all over the Internets now.

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