Comments on: AJC layoffs: The shoe is dropping

By: Cleatus Beaux Bonaventure

Cleatus Beaux Bonaventure — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:46:58 +0000

That story in the paper notes that they’ll be axing managers. Now, the AJC has been losing money and readers faster than any paper in the country. And that is since 2002 when they installed their new, Julia Wallace-Bert Roughton-James Mallory leadership team. So far these knuckleheads survived all this, while rank-and-file reporters flee or are thrown out. And Cythia Tucker… would they please fire her.

By: Grant Parker

Grant Parker — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:41:05 +0000

Montana L, your quote: “Go watchdogs, go!”

Check out Sunday’s AJC. Specifically, read “Road bill bends in direction of donors.” That story took enterprise, digging and commitment to get to some core truths about who gets, and who does not. It is watchdog reporting of the highest caliber. And all you can bark is “Go, watchdogs, go!” Sounds like some marching orders you got from Rush.

I am sick of people who delight in cheap-shotting the AJC. The newspaper has done a remarkable job of covering the news, day in and out, while waiting for a sword that is going to swing any day.

“Go watchdogs, go!” You ass.

By: Thomas Wheatley

Thomas Wheatley — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:11:12 +0000

@Montana,

I understand your point. If we had the manpower, I’d love to cover layoffs at the city’s law firms, financial institutions and manufacturers and other industries. Hopefully, trade media is covering those cuts — the Fulton County Daily Report’s tracked the law firm layoffs.

But we’re talking about the Incredible Shrinking Newsroom at the city’s largest daily paper at a time when citizen journalism hasn’t caught up to covering the daily minutiae which provides context to big stories that impact the city. You can’t expect the AJC to bluntly present what’s happening to its employees and how those employees feel. Companies rarely do when they announce layoffs. But there needs to be some documentation of what’s happening and what happened, not just the “AJC reduced operations by XX percent today” press release.

By: Montana L

Montana L — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:21:35 +0000

Wow, I must say the various news media do a good job of tracking any threat to the news media. Can’t lay 30 people off a newspaper without an outcry. Go watchdogs, go!

By: SP

SP — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:29:29 +0000

The “inner douchebag” is kind of like vampires. Just as vampires do not have a reflection in the mirror (or at least I think I recall that correctly from childhood horror flicks), the “inner douchebag” is reflected in anonymous Internet posts. Our parent company was going to put comment boxes like this on our stories at one time, but many of us feared “inner douchebag” and thought it would only take away from the value of the content in the first place. So, we left the voice of the site visitors on our message boards, where there still is some “inner douchebaginess”, but I guess that is just part of venting in the first place.

By: Grant Parker

Grant Parker — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:09:23 +0000

A safe inference to make, S.D.Voter.

By: S. Dekalb Voter

S. Dekalb Voter — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:35:10 +0000

Looks like we have some AJC employees/writers infiltrating Fresh Loaf

By: Mr. T

Mr. T — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:06:27 +0000

I am happy that I’m not the only person throwing douchebag at people here anymore. Thanks Scott.

By: Teague Alexander

Teague Alexander — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:58:27 +0000

I’m with Grant.

We all have a lot on our minds. Beat it, BS.

By: Grant Parker

Grant Parker — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:42:33 +0000

I’m with Scott on this one. Get lost, ’sprout, if all you can do is criticize in such a mean way.

Have you thought that maybe Mr. Henry has a lot on his mind?