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I heard about this first yesterday during The Hardline on The Ticket. It appears The Dallas Morning News will look significantly different in coming weeks as dozens upon dozens are looking to accept the paper’s buyout offer. You might be shocked to see the names listed at News Buyout:
Judy Sall, Reference Library (head librarian)
Larry Derrick, Reference
Kevin Blackistone, Sports Day (columnist)
Ted Ingram, Universal Desk (copy editor)
Michael Dean, Metro
Tracy Cowle, Universal Desk
Ken Stephens, Sports Day (section editor)
Laura Beil, Discoveries (medical writer)
Charles Ealy, Arts (Books editor)
Ed Bark, Arts (TV critic)
Jerome Weeks, Arts (Books writer)
Randy Bishop, News Art (illustrator)
Beatriz Terrazas, Lifestyles (writer)
Brenda Flatt, Editorial (administrative assistant)
Vernon Smith, Foreign (assistant foreign editor)
Michael Precker, Lifestyles (writer)
Bill Marvel, Lifestyles (writer)
Cathy Harasta, Sports Day (reporter/columnist)
Alysia Oglesby, Photo (assistant photo editor)
Harriet Blake, Dallasnews.com (news editor)
Louise Applebome, Metro (reporter)
Dwayne Bray, Metro (Deputy Managing Editor)
Gerry Fraley, Sports Day (columnist)
Lennox Samuels, Foreign (Mexico City bureau)
Pam Maples, Projects (Assistant Managing Editor)
Steve Steinberg, Lifestyles (copy desk)
Bill Lodge, Metro (Collin County reporter)
Susan Verhault, Arts (copy editor)
David Thorn, Universal Desk (deputy chief)
Mike Weiss, National (assistant national editor)
Manny Mendoza, Arts (TV critic)
Mike Peters, Foreign (assistant foreign editor)
Doug Swanson, Projects (reporter)
Cheri Shipman, News Desk (assistant news editor)
Carol Portele, Editorial (executive secretary)
Phillip Wuntch, Arts (movie critic)
Connie Dufner, Lifestyles (Home editor)
Kathy Thacker, Business (assistant business editor)
David Dillon, Arts (architecture critic)
Allen Pusey, Washington Bureau (reporter)
Dennis Hall, Sports Day (assistant sports editor)
Robert Dodge, Washington Bureau (reporter)
Richard Whittle, Washington Bureau (reporter)
Kristine Hughes, Metro (Richardson reporter)
Anne Bothwell, Arts (music editor)
William Snyder, Photo (director)
Jean Nash Johnson, Lifestyles (reporter)
Maggi Manning, News Art (designer)
Rick Holter, Arts (editor)
Dotty Griffith, Arts (restaurant critic)
Pete Slover, Texas and Southwest (reporter)
Paige Sanders, Universal Desk (copy editor)
Samantha Shaddock, Universal Desk (copy editor)
Toya Stewart, Metro (reporter)
I thought Dallas was a world-class city? These are just some of the names of people wanting out. What is going on over there?
In a related note, the paper’s Belo sibling WFAA has lost another valuable reporter in Mary Ann Razzuk.
While listening to Dale Hansen on The Ticket today we learned that Mike Hill is gone from WFAA. What the heck is going on over there? Hansen wants to talk about it, but the big wigs at WFAA-parent Belo have put the clamps on any disclosure.
We tried looking around local media sites and don’t see any answers. However, we did learn that Valerie Williams is no longer with News 8 any more either. How did we not notice that?
The Dallas Observer piece outlines some of the same stories that we have heard regarding Tracy Rowlett and Robert Riggs:
Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together: Williams has been disgruntled for a long time with news management at Channel 8, feeling as though decisions were made for reasons that were not ethically sound. Meaning, advertiser concerns and the need to pander to more desirable demographics (read: don’t take on those who pay us money, and while you’re at it, dumb down the stories you are working on) were the driving force behind most decisions made that affected her. When management killed her latest investigation, she saw it as the last straw, giving her notice that she would not renew her contract when it expired at the end of this month.
Not so long ago, News 8 set the standard. Remember the good days with Chip Moody and Tracy Rowlett? Remember when WFAA refused to show NYPD? What has happened to one of the best local TV-news organizations?
Longtime Dallas/Fort Worth news anchor Chip Moody died Sunday at Baylor University’s Medical Center in Dallas. 54, Moody had struggled with a series of health conditions since first being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease in the mid-1980s. Most fondly remembered for his time at WFAA, Moody worked for all 3 major networks in Dallas and spent time at KHOU in Houston.
- DallasNews.com article.
- WFAA tribute (Requires free RealPlayer).
- DallasNews.com An online remembrance.
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