American Journalism Review
After taking the Star Tribune's buyout, columnist
Doug Grow says he called editor
Nancy Barnes and told her he was disappointed that she hadn't tried to talk him into staying. "He was not alone in the newsroom thinking that letting longtime employees go without a word was disrespectful," writes
Mark Lisheron in a piece that covers the
Par Ridder saga and all of the other recent Strib drama.
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After firing the old ladies, the Strib cans the mentally handicapped (CP)