10.18
So I just read off Romenesko (sorry Howard) that Rick Rodriguez, The Sacramento Bee’s Executive editor resigned today.
That’s interesting, I thought, doing my best mental Jack Sparrow imitation.
You see, I don’t technically work for the Bee, but I often work at the Bee (ok, yes, I did once work for the Bee but now I don’t… it’s confusing) ANYWAY not long ago the AME in charge of the Bee’s “online operations” casually mentioned, “oh, hey, Rick wants to meet you.”
Say what?
Now, I know very well, I’m “known” around the papers I support. I tend to speak my mind and have these crazy web theories and opinions that sometimes impress people but sometimes…. um… not so much. I honestly asked, “uh, is this a good thing or a bad thing?” It was good thing, I was assured. “Maybe lunch… next week?”
That was two weeks ago.
I walked past the AME the other day and casually asked, “Yo, where’s my lunch?” with a grin. Apparently Rick had been out all week, and it was not normal. I don’t know newsroom politics really at all so I had no clue how to read that. Hell, I had no clue how to read any of this. Is it normal for exec editors of papers to, “want to meet you?” It had a weird Sopranos feel to it.
“…differences are not about resources, they’re not about staffing, they’re not about expenses…”
Well Jiminy, what does that leave? News coverage? Internet strategy? More importantly what about my lunch?!?
The next editor will not be a Bee employee but will come from the ranks of the newspaper’s owner…
Oh I can think of a few people offhand, it’s a zillion-billion to one shot but a certain Indians fan…
