NFL writer and HOF voter Charean Williams laid off from Star-Telegram

[MarkP88]

That's awful. Here's hoping she ends up in a better position.

 

[adbutcher]

That's too bad, she is one of the best.

 

[rynochop]

She would not make it writing for the official site. Not enough of a turd polisher and she actually has writing skills.

Not many accomplished journalists would ever type "are you kidding me?" and debase themselves with gross displays of inept writing with the special kind of regularity that Spagnola does.

Mickey knows who signs his paychecks... I won't argue about the writing skills and some of the dumb phrases he puts in his articles

 

[LittleD]

Mickey knows who signs his paychecks... I won't argue about the writing skills and some of the dumb phrases he puts in his articles

There's old and then there's "Old Mickey"... He's long outlived his usefulness. Time for Mr. Jones to sign her paychecks.

 

[Macnalty]

I enjoyed reading her articles hope she lands on her feet. Wishing her the best.

 

[xwalker]

She seemed like a good writer, but the number of articles that she wrote always seemed very limited relative to other newspaper writers. I almost seemed like she was a manager that wrote articles on the side.

She is/was 1 of 39 NFL Hall of Fame voters.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Is she a screamer? Because I was "watching" ESPN the other day at the gym (no control of the channel) and they were yelling at each other about something.....What's that all about?

Naaaa, but I understand she's a really loud moaner.

 

[LocimusPrime]

It's all about hot takes,click bait,made up stories with anonymous sources now.
Smh

 

[tyke1doe]

It's a very tough time in the media business these days. She is a very good writer - hope she lands on her feet.

She will.

 

[tyke1doe]

I wonder if she is being let go in order to make room to hire one of the people ESPN let go.

If this is a serious question, I doubt it. Unfortunately, having gone through a similar transition, newspapers are trimming a lot of the top salaried employees - which usually means your older employees. But they keep just enough older employees so they avoid a class-action age discrimination lawsuit.

 

[tyke1doe]

She would not make it writing for the official site. Not enough of a turd polisher and she actually has writing skills.

Not many accomplished journalists would ever type "are you kidding me?" and debase themselves with gross displays of inept writing with the special kind of regularity that Spagnola does.

You'd be surprised at what one will write to make a buck and feed one's family.

 

[lkelly]

"If she's so good, why is she available?"

 

[MichaelWinicki]

First off please stop with the politics nonsense... It has no place here.

Secondly all media is going away from "reporting" and moving towards "opinion giving". Folks that interpret a story without adding any sort of bias will become fewer and fewer.

 

[tyke1doe]

"If she's so good, why is she available?"

Salaries and benefits absorb most of any company's resources. Many companies downsize as a way to get high salaries, benefits and retirement funds off the books or, in the case of retirement funds, reduce the level of matching money they have to contribute to an active employee.

Furthermore, Williams was a very good writer and columnist, but she didn't have a "brand" per say. They could get any number of young reporters to cover the Cowboys.

I'm sorry to say this, but she didn't provide anything unique to the newspaper. Thus, combined with her experience and salary, she was let go.

Jason Whitlock, Stephen A., Skip Bayless, Colin Cowherd (whether you like them or not) have developed a "brand" name for themselves. They drive the clicks more so than the subjects driving the clicks. So they get to stay or find greener - and more profitable - pastures while others like Williams get laid off.

That's just the reality of the business.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Salaries and benefits absorb most of any company's resources. Many companies downsize as a way to get high salaries, benefits and retirement funds off the books or, in the case of retirement funds, reduce the level of matching money they have to contribute to an active employee.

Furthermore, Williams was a very good writer and columnist, but she didn't have a "brand" per say. They could get any number of young reporters to cover the Cowboys.

I'm sorry to say this, but she didn't provide anything unique to the newspaper. Thus, combined with her experience and salary, she was let go.

Jason Whitlock, Stephen A., Skip Bayless, Colin Cowherd (whether you like them or not) have developed a "brand" name for themselves. They drive the clicks more so than the subjects driving the clicks. So they get to stay or find greener - and more profitable - pastures while others like Williams get laid off.

That's just the reality of the business.

That is the reality of the situation.

Most folks aren't interested in stories that contain no bias.

We're an internet-world now baby and we want to be told what to think!

 

[tyke1doe]

First off please stop with the politics nonsense... It has no place here.

Secondly all media is going away from "reporting" and moving towards "opinion giving". Folks that interpret a story without adding any sort of bias will become fewer and fewer.

As one who was laid off because of the new trend in journalism, I agree.

Click generation is the name of the game in newspapers nowadays. That and aggregation and getting younger journalists and citizens to do for cheap what newspapers used to pay top dollars (top for the newspaper industry, that is) to do.

In my community, the newspaper tries to get people who attend high school games to send in stories and pictures. We (my former employer) used to cover high school football religiously. But with the reduction in staff, we barely give coverage to high school football. We have basically abandoned a large segment of our population because people just aren't reading the newspapers and have flocked to the Internet, where most of the ad dollars are going.

 

[tyke1doe]

That is the reality of the situation.

Most folks aren't interested in stories that contain no bias.

We're an internet-world now baby and we want to be told what to think!

Just look at this forum. Which stories get the most buzz?
The controversial ones!

Many of us bemoan the direction that the media have taken, but we're products of our environment and culture. Many of us do the exact same thing, and the dynamics that drive us to debate 30-pages deep on a controversial topic yet dismiss a regular news story that may get 2-pages most are the same dynamics that newspapers and the media in general now use to increase readership or viewership.

It's all about dem clicks.

 

[Plankton]

She would not make it writing for the official site. Not enough of a turd polisher and she actually has writing skills.

Not many accomplished journalists would ever type "are you kidding me?" and debase themselves with gross displays of inept writing with the special kind of regularity that Spagnola does.

Inept? Are you kidding me?

 

[Deep_Freeze]

Hope she gets another job.

Tired of the SAS look a lilkes keep getting or keeping their jobs when they don't deserve them. But I will say, SAS did adapt, he used to be a better journalist, now he just does what he does to make money. We created it, what do we expect.

I for one, don't want to hear anything about what they are doing in the offseason. Nothing. Get a life, do something productive, its entertainment and we really don't have to know everything they do in a day.

If we see Dak fishing, go fishing. Zeke partying, if you want to do that, party. Social media is getting out of control.

 

[slick325]

Inept? Are you kidding me?

LOL!!!!