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

[BlueStar22]

Dwain Price was also let go from the Star-Telegram.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Newspapers won't die, they will adapt, unless they're the stupid one's that don't. Who else gives us a genuine, and full story? The Dallas Morning News has already adapted very well, with the technology movement. I have their App and Sunday print delivery. Of course they charge for both, but it's worth it. Great credible news resource.

Agreed. Readership has/will drop, but newspapers will not die-off.

Newspapers survived radio.

Radio survived TV.

TV is surviving the internet.

Now that doesn't mean newspapers do not need to change... Obviously that has to happen, and is... Some more so (successfully) than others.

Ink-on-paper books are enjoying a resurgence. And we're seeing some analog technologies coming back a little.

Personally I find reading a screen (computer/tablet/smart phone) much more eye-fatiguing than reading an ink-on-paper publication of some type.

 

[Nova]

Kind of strange.

Is there a more legendary sports columnist than Charean in the area right now?

 

[RS12]

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

We who?

 

[Rogerthat12]

These moves are less about politics and more about changing times and money. Industries evolve or they get replaced. There are many jobs over the last few decades that are no longer available now due to changing times and modernization.

It is very important to have and to continue developing skill sets that fill demands that exist today and that will exist in the future.

Newspaper writers, well most of them, are not oblivious to the changes happening in media. I am sure many are simply staying put as long as they can hoping a newer and better opportunity comes along. Local reporters know that job security with local media, especially non-TV media, is likely time limited so many use those jobs as launch pads to larger media companies. In the past few years we have seen several Dallas local media reporters move to national media jobs, but even those jobs are becoming less secure as the internet continues to displace and decentralize media and content. Social media has deprioritized many media sources, but local media has been hit the hardest.

The real reason this hits home with a lot of people is that for the most part, most replaced jobs have been with unskilled or low-skill jobs. What you are starting to see now is technology is starting to marginalize and replace what used to be safe, skilled positions.

That's why it is VERY important that no matter how good you are at your job or how polished your skills, you should always continue working to improve yourself and your skill sets. So many people go through the motions now assuming that if their current job disappears, they'll simply get another one and, while that may be true for highly skilled positions, the supply of skilled labor is increasing while more and more skilled positions are being replaced by technology and streamlining.

So very true and humbling!

 

[RS12]

The controversial subjects I avoid because there are a lot of village idiots roaming around.[/QUOTE]

I noticed.

 

[Verdict]

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 also starts about half of his sentences with the word "now" which is as annoying as hell.

 

[Verdict]

I guess i am in the minority but I never watch Sas, or CowTurd, or any of those sorts of shows. It is really mindless drivel. Ed Werder also falls into that category although admittedly it is a different type of drivel.