Comments on: So Long, Washington Times http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/12/03/so-long-washington-times/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jimmie http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/12/03/so-long-washington-times/comment-page-1/#comment-687844 Jimmie Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:38:10 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=11160#comment-687844 I wonder how many of those colleagues have the gumption and journalistic chops to be an independent operator. More importantly, how many would think that doing such a thing is beneath them? I wonder how many of those colleagues have the gumption and journalistic chops to be an independent operator.

More importantly, how many would think that doing such a thing is beneath them?

]]> By: Robert Stacy McCain http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/12/03/so-long-washington-times/comment-page-1/#comment-687832 Robert Stacy McCain Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:28:43 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=11160#comment-687832 You know, Jimmie, I tendered my resignation in January 2008, two days after they hired the Washington Post's John Solomon to replace Wes Pruden as editor. Right after Solomon's hiring was announced, one of my newsroom colleagues said to me, "If I had wanted to work for a Postie, I would have applied at the %$#&ing Post!" Exactly -- but that colleague didn't quit. I did. And mine was the smart move. I got out before things went to hell, which has given me a two-year head start on establishing an independent career online, while most of my former colleagues who haven't already gotten kicked to the curb soon will be. You know, Jimmie, I tendered my resignation in January 2008, two days after they hired the Washington Post's John Solomon to replace Wes Pruden as editor. Right after Solomon's hiring was announced, one of my newsroom colleagues said to me, "If I had wanted to work for a Postie, I would have applied at the %$#&ing Post!"

Exactly — but that colleague didn't quit. I did. And mine was the smart move. I got out before things went to hell, which has given me a two-year head start on establishing an independent career online, while most of my former colleagues who haven't already gotten kicked to the curb soon will be.

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