Deputy Managing Editor Phil Pruitt is the latest USA Today news staffer to exit the paper, now in the midst of a reorganization.
Pruitt will work in Yahoo News' Washington, D.C., bureau, where he'll manage political and elections coverage in 2010 and in the run-up to the 2012 elections. "The move is part of Yahoo News' push to develop original content among its politics and opinion channels," according to Huffington Post.
Pruitt is following congressional and national politics correspondent Kathy Kiely, who is leaving to become managing editor of politics at the National Journal. Her departure was disclosed Monday.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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Is Hunke content to have a Washington/economy Content Team within the Content Ring that's lacking in content?
ReplyDeleteSo Pruitt is now a competitor with Kiely?
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that Hunke and the rest of the Gannett higher ups couldn't care less. All they want to do is cut expenses.
ReplyDeleteAnd while cutting expenses, stuffing their pockets and putting quality on the proverbial back burner, they're lighting a short fuse to oblivion.
Take note rank and filers. And not just those at USAT. The community papers aren't exactly on firm ground!
So when we finally loose Susan Page, will we wake-up and realize our best people are the only ones anyone wants? Page would be a huge loss...DON'T LET IT HAPPEN HUNKE.
ReplyDeleteA lot of good folks have jumped ship. Others left without much of a choice or severance. Meanwhile, the dark cloud of 130 pending layoffs hangs over our heads. Why is USAT management dragging this out? Are they looking to can people during the holidays as they have done in past years? What a uninspiring, self-destructive way of doing business. If this is how the flagship is treated, can you imagine how Gannett runs its community papers? Even in good times, those smaller operations were hellish.
ReplyDeleteI hope younger people, with other opportunities, take a long look at the history of this company before signing up to work for a Gannett business. It's the way Gannett treats people that's so destructive and depressing, not necessarily the direction of the company, equipment, benefits, etc. That has never been better illustrated than the last two years. Talk to a former Gannettoid before working here. You'll thank them later.
Rats leaving a sinking ship. Close USA Today down and let the many profitable community newspapers keep their revenues.
ReplyDelete11:25 Susan Page turns 60 next February. You may have noticed that people in that age bracket have disappeared from Gannett in recent years.
ReplyDeletePage will leave because she'll replace Diane Rehm on NPR, who she has been capably been filling in for.
ReplyDeleteWho wouldn't take that job as opposed to remaining stuck in the quagmire senior management is concocting on the fly at USA Today? Maybe that's exactly what editors want; build a protective wall around their own jobs while letting veteran journalists leave. Much easier to deal with young people who have no reporting or writing skills, no perpective on life and no reason to question managers.
1:18 a.m.: Susan Page is certainly one of Gannett's most high-profile reporters, and that potentially gives her many, many options. And I've heard her filling in Rehm; you're right, she was quite good.
ReplyDeleteBut, in the end, we don't know what Page will do. She may be entirely happy to continue in her post at USAT.
Diane Rehm is leaving NPR? Don't think so.
ReplyDeleteIf we allow Susan Page to leave USAT then we are truly lost as a news organization. She is the best of what we offer in News.
ReplyDeleteSomeone half her age could do the job for half the price. No one is irreplaceable in this organization. Name the exclusives she got.
ReplyDeleteHosting an NPR show doesn't sell a single copy of USAT.
ReplyDeleteRehm was born in 1936, which makes her 74 this year. Not that age has anything to do with it, but she has had extended periods of time off to deal with a voice condition. She won't be working radio forever. Susan Page is a logical candidate to replace her, as is Frank Sesno, who, like Page, frequently guest host Rehm's show.
ReplyDeleteAnother veteran staffer leaves - and for a sweatshop operation run by Hal Ritter. What does that tell you about the Money section managers and USAT overall? That people would be more comfortable working for the tyrant who ran News (House of Mean) and Money (aka The House of Pain) than the clowns in charge now. This is beyond sad.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, several more are looking to escape the asylum. I'm sure the beancounters are pleased.