Comments on: Survivor’s remorse http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/ A newsman's life on the Web Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:12:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Ted http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Ted Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:12:06 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/#comment-1540 Hi I was in Viet Nam for two years as a combat infantryman,,,,,When ever we took casualities (KIA,WIA,MIA) my thoughts were,,,"That could be me"...as for the idea of regretting it.......I suppose thats true. Ted Hi
I was in Viet Nam for two years as a combat infantryman,,,,,When ever we took
casualities (KIA,WIA,MIA) my thoughts were,,,”That could be me”…as for the idea of regretting it…….I suppose thats true.

Ted

]]> By: jh http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 jh Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:00:55 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/#comment-1539 Nice piece. Nice piece.

]]> By: Tom http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Tom Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:34:08 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/#comment-1538 Wow, it's like I'm back in the old Journal Star graphics department! Michael, I agree with your sentiment. There's much more excitement to getting the paper out these days with such a greatly reduced staff. We all work together much better than we ever did before, because everybody has to help out or the paper will never make it to the press. Wow, it’s like I’m back in the old Journal Star graphics department!

Michael, I agree with your sentiment. There’s much more excitement to getting the paper out these days with such a greatly reduced staff. We all work together much better than we ever did before, because everybody has to help out or the paper will never make it to the press.

]]> By: Michael http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Michael Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:18:58 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/#comment-1537 I have a good friend who was walked out the door last week at our paper; more grieving to be done while the work keeps piling up at the same time. It's hard, real hard, to work within a newsroom these days, to see friends and colleagues walked to the door. We're all realizing, more and more, with each passing day that the privilege of working in a newsroom is not to be taken for granted. It's a gift to be cherished. None of us know how many more we will have. I have noticed that though we are fewer after 2 buyouts and 1 round of layoffs, conditions have served to bring those of us who remain, closer together and has actually strengthened our relationships because we are sharing these burdens together, encouraging one another to keep going even though it looks bad, really, really bad. Newspaper people have a special spirit and for that, I am very thankful. So let's see what's beyond the storm; it will pass as all storms do. And when the skies clear and the winds die down, there will be stories to tell. Stories that connect us, inspire us and keep us safe will need to be told, demand to be told, for they must be told. I don't know how to save newspapers, but I do know that I've been prepared to keep going through this storm with those of my brothers and sisters who still remain. We're going to get through this together. That's all I know. I have a good friend who was walked out the door last week at our paper; more grieving to be done while the work keeps piling up at the same time. It’s hard, real hard, to work within a newsroom these days, to see friends and colleagues walked to the door. We’re all realizing, more and more, with each passing day that the privilege of working in a newsroom is not to be taken for granted. It’s a gift to be cherished. None of us know how many more we will have. I have noticed that though we are fewer after 2 buyouts and 1 round of layoffs, conditions have served to bring those of us who remain, closer together and has actually strengthened our relationships because we are sharing these burdens together, encouraging one another to keep going even though it looks bad, really, really bad. Newspaper people have a special spirit and for that, I am very thankful. So let’s see what’s beyond the storm; it will pass as all storms do. And when the skies clear and the winds die down, there will be stories to tell. Stories that connect us, inspire us and keep us safe will need to be told, demand to be told, for they must be told. I don’t know how to save newspapers, but I do know that I’ve been prepared to keep going through this storm with those of my brothers and sisters who still remain. We’re going to get through this together.

That’s all I know.

]]> By: SHEP http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-1536 SHEP Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:48:24 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/#comment-1536 Dear Tom (a.k.a., Dom Thomas,The Angry Copy Desk Editor): Well said old man. Watching the newspaper industry go through multiple organ failure, hemorrhaging ad revenues and grasping for some life saving Frankenstein web adaptation is sometimes too much. Doing the freelance gig, magazines are in the same boat and I have lost a lot of clients to closings, consolidations and cutbacks. A past client, CK Media, is currently paying 25¢ on the dollar for invoices pending. It's bad all over. Oh how I love the smell of newsprint in the morning... SHEP. Dear Tom (a.k.a., Dom Thomas,The Angry Copy Desk Editor):

Well said old man.
Watching the newspaper industry go through multiple organ failure, hemorrhaging ad revenues and grasping for some life saving Frankenstein web adaptation is sometimes too much. Doing the freelance gig, magazines are in the same boat and I have lost a lot of clients to closings, consolidations and cutbacks. A past client, CK Media, is currently paying 25¢ on the dollar for invoices pending. It’s bad all over.

Oh how I love the smell of newsprint in the morning…
SHEP.

]]> By: tom http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-1534 tom Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:14:14 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/#comment-1534 I think I knew newspapers were doomed from the start but I was born with a face for radio so TV was out of the question. I think I knew newspapers were doomed from the start but I was born with a face for radio so TV was out of the question.

]]> By: Bryan DeVasher http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 Bryan DeVasher Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:03:57 +0000 http://www.tommangan.net/index.php/2009/02/27/survivors-remorse/#comment-1533 Tom, Who would have thought when we were pounding down the margaritas at Tres Hombres in 1985 that within three decades the industry we all loved and were eager to enter would be teetering on the brink? Like you, I am one of the lucky ones who remains employed at a newspaper, although now only 50 weeks a year thanks to mandated furloughs through the next three quarters. While I would like to be filled with righteous anger at losing two weeks' pay, I am thankful that's all I am losing. Bryan Tom,

Who would have thought when we were pounding down the margaritas at Tres Hombres in 1985 that within three decades the industry we all loved and were eager to enter would be teetering on the brink? Like you, I am one of the lucky ones who remains employed at a newspaper, although now only 50 weeks a year thanks to mandated furloughs through the next three quarters. While I would like to be filled with righteous anger at losing two weeks’ pay, I am thankful that’s all I am losing.

Bryan

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