Seattlest: 200 Times Employees Told "See Ya!"

tvargs

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:58:18 -0800

Is there an official -ist policy against repeat trolls? I think I found one.

vanderleun

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:01:05 -0800

"makes me wonder about how kids who go from college to pro-blogging or online journalism are possibly going to pay their bills." Here's the news, Kim, they won't be able to pay. But then, if they were good at math and finance, they wouldn't major in the phony discipline of "journalism."

vanderleun

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:56:08 -0800

Couldn't happen to a more deserving newspaper! Here's hoping the P-I, Stranger, and Weekly are next!

RonfromBeaconHill

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:09:35 -0800

geez, but Frank Blethen said newspapers were cash cows? Where's the love Frank? I thought everyone at Fairview Fanny was family? Are any Blethen's being laid off? A-hole.

abbey

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:06:50 -0800

I will totally second that story idea Kim

Kim Ruehl

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:07:46 -0800

totally! i think a better, more specific story would be the amount of bloggers (ahem) who have developed annoying chronic tendonitis from typing all day.

ozmafan

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:04:38 -0800

i for one need my news online and in print - always and forever. there's something about stepping outside my door each morning, picking up the newspaper, glancing over the headlines, and stuffing it into my work bag to read at lunch (when i eat lunch alone) that, in small part, contributes to my ever fluctuating amounts of sanity. people are just freaking out about these bloggers' death because it's new/blogging is hip. not the first or last case of job induced stress leading to death.

Kim Ruehl

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:52:40 -0800

yeah i think there are two persuasions when it comes to news online: those willing to read long articles online, and those who aren't. i think there's no way local papers will ever totally die, but the amount of time they spend on the physical paper is bound to shrink substantially. what's sad and unfortunate is that bloggers work for free (or waaaaay less than print journalists), which makes me wonder about how kids who go from college to pro-blogging or online journalism are possibly going to pay their bills.

Jeremy M. Barker

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:00:05 -0800

Personally, I'm one of those insufferable people who subscribes to the New York Times. The local papers I check for local articles daily online, but that's all. I actually generally can't bear to read news online, I have no retention for it. And generally, blogs only have extremely short posts, which bore me to tears. I'm not a moron, I can handle 800 words+ articles. But as for the dismal future of journalism? Couldn't agree more.