tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post180086735722274720..comments2023-09-16T13:22:55.052-04:00Comments on freefromeditors: Goodbye Cookie!Jim of L-Townhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-11897201815714824622008-02-02T13:08:00.000-05:002008-02-02T13:08:00.000-05:00Great points Oakland. When I was hired in 1989, ...Great points Oakland.<BR/> <BR/> When I was hired in 1989, the editor was concerned because I lived 5 miles outside our circulation area in Oxford.<BR/> The deal was if I took the job as soon as I could move into the circulation area I should do so. It took 6 years but I did move to Davison.<BR/> However, the East Lansing-based editor, who was hired by the same editor who was concerned about me living in "Oxford," has made no move to get closer to the readers.<BR/> Yet the same people with little connection to the communities they cover operate with great arrogance about what the people of these communities want to read.<BR/> A great point and I hope you keep coming back.Jim of L-Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-89371176929438193372008-02-01T08:08:00.000-05:002008-02-01T08:08:00.000-05:00One hallmark of a good community newspaper is havi...One hallmark of a good community newspaper is having editors who understand the community. Besides being one of the classiest women I know, Cookie is a great journalist who has deep knowledge of Flint and its people. Generous buyout aside, like other older employees, she would have been treated like a leper -- or worse -- had she stayed. No, Booth seemingly has put the future of the Flint Journal in the hands of a Booth carpetbagger whose last stop was in Bay City. His "bad cop" lieutenant commutes from East Lansing, and his journalistic chops include a friendly "profile" (a two-word description comes to mind, the second word being "job")on former Sen. Don Riegle that barely managed to mention his Keating Five (savings & loan scandal) involvement. Good luck to you, dear Cookie; you always traveled the high road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com