Comments on: So what REALLY happened with SND?

By: John

John — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:25:34 +0000

So, Bonita portrays Matt as the big villain, Bonita basically pushes Matt out, Bonita gets to hire the new SND Execs, Bonita moves up the chain early, Bonita is the lead editor on the â€œofficial versionâ€ of the chronology, Bonita gave us that lame and patronizing online â€œconversation,â€ and Bonita will no doubt ride in on her white shining horse and save the UNC deal. Thatâ€™s an awful lot of Bonita - too much for my liking. I wonâ€™t be renewing.

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:06:13 +0000

I would recommend an experiment. Take your SND membership dues for the coming year and buy a subscription to Lynda.com.
Use it for 1 hour a day - learn the CS4 suite (especially the web pieces) and learn to use your skills on something other than newsprint.
Its a much better investment of your time and money right now.

By: Paul Morgan

Paul Morgan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:10:36 +0000

What’s happening with SND leadership sounds very much like what I encountered in newspaper management, which is why I’m out now. What’s good for the business is thrust aside for favoritism and cliques. Bad writers and designers get prime assignments, all because they can kiss up better than the guy next to them. In almost two years out the business, I have yet to encounter the amount of worthless bickering and petty BS that circulated the places I worked in the newspaper industry.

After 15 years in front of a monitor at newspapers across the nation, I decided enough is enough. So I spent a year studying books and taking online courses after work. I learned enough CSS and HTML and Flash to build a few sites, which allowed me to score a job in marketing design. It ain’t newspapers, but it’s a pretty good gig. And pays pretty well, too.

So learn the tools. It’s not that hard. Build a site. Or design one and have someone else code it. If you don’t, you’ll be the last one designing print. And if SND isn’t branching out in this way, then it’ll be the one turning out the lights for the last time.

By: Harrison Goodman

Harrison Goodman — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:39:32 +0000

“But to me this whole kerfuffle has all the gravity of an argument by the prom decorations committee.”

Amen.

The funniest is listening to people bringing up Watergate and whatnot as though what happened involving a miscommunication with UNC is somehow worth bringing up a presidential scandal.

It’d be one thing if Matt was accused of stealing funds or doing something unethical, this whole thing is just ridiculous drama bullshit that is more appropriate for a high school drama class than a bunch of professionals.

Everyone involved in this should be ashamed of themselves. Not only as journalists but as human beings. It’s pathetic.