Subject: Jeff Cohen

• The Official Memo from Jeff Cohen on the Houston Chronicle Layoffs

  October 30, 2007

• More Houston Chronicle cuts coming?

  July 14, 2008

• Chronicle, San Antonio Paper May Share "Generic" Features

  August 13, 2008

• Burning Shoe Leather

  The Chron's Marshall is out there reporting, dammit

  August 1, 2002

• Banjo Blues

  A Chronicle writer gets canned for running a Web site

  August 8, 2002

• Trainspotting

  Here's how Metro wants to sell us on light rail

  September 11, 2003

• Houston Is The Villain In Nasty Newspaper Fight In Albany

  Houston Chronicle editor Jeff Cohen came to town from Albany, where he was the editor of the Times-Union, another Hearst paper.He brought some people with him, and still runs movie reviews by Amy Biancolli, who still works in upstate New York.The Times-Union is, like many Hearst papers (and papers everywhere) undergoing financial stress. It's a union paper, though, and the Newspaper Guild is fighting back with a website calling for subscribers to protest cuts. (By canceling their subscriptions,

  June 1, 2009

• The Famous And Not-So-Famous Of HISD's "Prominent Alumni" List

  You probably don't realize it, but the Houston school district's website has a page dedicated to prominent alumni, listed by high school.Unfortunately, many of the "prominent" alumni are politicians, especially current and former HISD board members. Any definition of "prominent" that includes HISD board members is probably a little too loose for our taste, but we guess the people who put the list together like to keep board members happy.With that in mind, here are Seven Things About HISD's List

  December 22, 2008

• The Houston Chronicle: Now Proudly Featuring Fart Jokes

  So it's come to this: In the never-ending battle to make themselves relevant to Teh Kidz, the Houston Chronicle has resorted to fart jokes.You know how Apple has, like this kind of phone thing, and there's ads that show all the crazy stuff you can do with it? (Note for oldsters: That "stuff" is called an "app.")Haven't you ever wondered how terrifically funny it would be if there was an app called iFart? (Question valid only for middle-school boys.)Wonder no more, because those wacky nutballs at

  February 24, 2009

• Chron Cuts: The Jeff Cohen Memo, More Names

  Here's Houston Chronicle editor Jeff Cohen's memo to the staff about Black Tuesday:TO: StaffFROM: Jeff CohenRE: Newsroom ReductionThe Chronicle employment cutback that Jack Sweeney has communicated to us began this morning. Each department in the newsroom is affected in one way or another.This is a sad day. A newsroom is like family and saying good-bye to so many good journalists is painful. Along with you, they hav

  March 24, 2009

• Some Thoughts On The Chronicle Cuts: So Long, Suburbs

  (Note: For a while, this item was posted with the wrong byline -- it's by Steve Olafson, not Richard Connelly, and always has been. Thanks, and sorry.)The layoffs at the Houston Chronicle cut much deeper into the editorial side of the newspaper than the announced company-wide 12 percent reduction that was announced by publisher Jack Sweeney. By the count of newsroom workers who survived, 27 percent of the paper's editorial staffers were let go yesterday.That amounts to 90 employees, they said

  March 25, 2009

• The Chronicle Cuts: Jeff Cohen Ain't Talking

  Today's Chronicle carnage is for the most part limited to the advertising/circulation side (Check out the comments on our updated master list of cuts for some unconfirmed names on that side), but the buzz is still about yesterday's bloodbath.We figured it'd be a good idea to talk to Chron editor Jeff Cohen, who never addressed the troops yesterday (except by memo) even as morale crashed in the newsroom.We e-mailed the usually accessible Cohen to set up a time for an interview, and got this back:

  March 25, 2009

• Further Breakdown Of The Chron Cuts

  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

  March 26, 2009

• For This Awful Economy: The Five Best "You're Fired" Scenes

  As someone who's been there, I can empathize with the folks from the Houston Chronicle, Schlumberger, and a host of other companies whose employees have gotten the axe in recent weeks. Not being an HR manager, I can unfortunately only offer up a collection of "laid-off scenes" to help you briefly forget their troubles.5. The Bobs - Office Space (1999) For a ten-year old movie, it's still gut-churningly accurate. And I feel quite certain Chron employees who were never spoken to face-to-face by

  March 26, 2009

• More Bits And Pieces From The Chron Cuts

  We know have a new leader in the clubhouse for Worst Way To Find Out You Lost Your Chronicle Job.Dai Huynh, one of the paper's food writers, was scheduled to come back from maternity leave. The night before she gets a call telling her, in effect, "don't bother."Cold.Remember, our list of names is here.Speaking of leaders in the clubhouse, by the way, several folks have pointed out that editor Jeff Cohen had a morning tee time in the pro-am round of the Shell Houston Open today. (Number 10 tee, h

  April 1, 2009

• Layoffs at the Houston Chronicle

  The Black-and-White Blues

  April 2, 2009

• Axman at the Houston Chronicle and Bank-Robbing Cops

  Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  April 2, 2009

• Pimpin' Ain't Easy

  Tension mounts at the Chronicle

  June 26, 2003

• Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

  May 8, 2008

• Swept Away

  It's hit-and-miss out there during sweeps month

  May 16, 2002

• Letters

  July 10, 2003

• The Houston Chronicle Cuts, Annotated

  What the editor really meant

  November 15, 2007

• Wait Your Turn

  Living with lead paint? The city will tell you...eventually

  December 29, 2005

• He Won't Back Down

  The mayor was threatened -- or maybe he wasn't

  June 3, 2004

• Burying the Past

  A farewell slap to a Chronicle columnist

  August 14, 2003

• Lineup Change

  A new writer should shake things up at 801 Texas

  May 22, 2003

• Profiles in Boredom

  A bright idea, dimly executed, at the local daily

  May 15, 2003

• Bloody Sunday

  Yet another weekend newspaper magazine bites the dust

  April 17, 2003

• War Is Not Hell

  The Chron's embedded reporter is far from the action

  April 10, 2003

• No-Name Offense

  The Chron struggles over whether to name a suspect

  February 20, 2003

• Nice, Nice Baby

  The holiday spirit lingers on in the Chron

  January 16, 2003

• Houston, 24/7

  The new all-Houston, all-the-time news station hits the air

  December 19, 2002

• Internal Distress

  To: Jeff Cohen, CC: The entire World Wide Web

  December 5, 2002

• Couples Therapy

  No pillow talk, no scoop

  November 28, 2002

• Space Invaders

  The Chron loves another convention

  October 17, 2002

• Bashing Bush

  The Chronicle's film critic doubles as a pinko commie naysayer

  August 15, 2002

• Column Calamity

  The Chron editor starts to make a mark

  July 11, 2002

• A Model Journalist

  A TV anchor does a little promotional work on the side

  July 4, 2002

• My Funny Valentine

  A Chron columnist makes a whopper of a mistake

  June 20, 2002

• Bow-Tied Wonder

  Plus: Boola Boola, Fault and Pepper, On Blue Berryhill

  May 30, 2002

• Hearst 1, Baylor 0

  The Chron's owners hire (gasp!) an outsider to run things

  May 9, 2002