So far we've been limiting our list of laid-off Chron people to names readers might recognize; we've heard from some current and ex-Chronsters that they'd like a master list, since no centralized information is coming anywhere else.With that in mind, here's what we've heard so far. Other names are still to come (we believe a lot more copy-editing types are victims, as all the separate departments' copy desks are rolled into one), and if there are any mistakes on the list we'll be happy to fix it
Photo by Lori GreigIt might seem like we're harping on the recent round of layoffs at the Houston Chronicle just because we're journalists too ("Hey, how come you don't do ten posts about the layoffs at Schlumberger!!"), but -- as we've said before -- we perhaps naively hold to the thought that there's a special connection between a daily paper and its city.
But even if there wasn't that cosmic connection, the names and bylines of people are public enough that they are the equal of player
Photo courtesy USGS​There's nothing like a release from the U.S. Geological Survey headlined "Report Documents the Risks of Giant Invasive Snakes in the U.S." to get your attention. (Unless it's "Osama bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." But we digress.)Bottom line: Look out Texas, we got giant pythons and boa constrictors coming our way. Giant!!"This report clearly reveals that these giant snakes threaten to
destabilize some of our most precious ecosystems and parks, primarily
through p
