Romenesko Memos Maurice Possley, who has been at the Chicago Tribune since 1984, writes to colleagues: "It just doesn't seem possible that less than two months ago, some of us gathered at Columbia University for the Pulitzer luncheon with Ann Marie to celebrate our
prize for investigative reporting. I understand that there are no guarantees in life -- that God laughs when we say we have plans -- nevertheless, how stunning it is to see the dismantling of our newspaper in such a short time."