There's a new "reader representative" at the Houston Chronicle -- Jim Newkirk, who's been at the Chron and the old Post for many years.
His predecessor (save for an interim), James Campbell, was not exactly known for sticking his neck out on matters.
Newkirk, however, has weighed in on an important matter and found that the readers are right!!
About something utterly inane, silly, and the epitome of a mountain made out of a molehill.
If there's one day when putting out a paper version of the newspaper is really important, it's Thanksgiving. Over at the Houston Chronicle, customer service rep Cathy Elizondo tells Hair Balls that the paper sells more advertising for that edition than any other day of the year.
Readers call the paper weeks in advance, Elizondo says, to make sure they'll be delivered an issue stuffed full of all those ads needed to gear up for Black Friday. In fact, Thanksgiving is such a big day for the Chron
(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
