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Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:11 am

[url=http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071031/APC06/710310525/1036]New assistant editor for conversation joins P-C
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The editor of a Texas-based parenting magazine has joined The Post-Crescent management staff.

Laurie Kaiser, 42, began Monday as the assistant editor/community conversation. She replaces Matt Neistein, who left The Post-Crescent in August.

Wabberjocky · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:10 pm

I guess it helps her to know that her husband's job title is equally ridiculous, and that they live in a town with a goofy name:

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She lives with her husband, Rob, who was recently named The Post-Crescent's senior editor/public service, and their two sons in Combined Locks.

iceman · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:01 am **Posts:** 32

That's Gannett for you.

Why call it the editorial page editor when you can call it something stupid like community conversations editor.

Geesh.

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:51 pm

Ed Kelley will continue as editor of The Oklahoman. Sue Hale, executive editor, is now the vice president of community engagement. (Oklahoman)

*** I think someone might be trying to tell Sue something. ***

paulwiggins · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:43 pm

From the same story, here it is:
"Sue Hale is the right person to develop a digital solution for the many areas of our community and state which will move us beyond news as we build out Oklahoma's marketplace for information and knowledge. Her focus will include social networking, topical communities, data integration, online networks and partnerships and a statewide community calendar.â€

(Presented without comment): Indication of the number of years of formal education that a person requires in order to easily understand the text on the first reading
Gunning Fog index : 21.18

vtuss · **Posted:** Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:37 pm

The experience at my shop when, as the NYT put it in 1995, embraced almost every journalism trend out there. (Note: I was not here.) This is from a scholarly article on the ups and downs of the team system in the newsroom:

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When the team system was implemented, the top managerial positions went from 13 to seven (news content, features content, visual content, production, administrative activities, change editor, and director of player personnel), led by the News Leader, Pam Fine. Section coordinating editors reported to the seven managers, and reporters and copy editors were assigned to one of 16 content-oriented teams with a team leader or two for each. There were not enough photographers and graphic artists to go around, so they were given assignments to multiple teams. Many of the managerial positions were opened up, so people had to re-apply for their positions. Everyone in the newsroom received a day and-a-half training session when teams were instituted.

Since then, there has been the expected tinkering with both the corporate and newsroom structure. The Reader Customer Unit was dropped in 1996, and the reader sales and service responsibilities were assigned to another corporate unit. [Then-Editor Tim] McGuire retained his title as editor, and added oversight of the paper's digital efforts and other content-related products to his portfolio, with a continued responsibility for profit and financial accountability. News Leader Fine's title reverted to managing editor after she found that folks outside the newsroom with whom she interacted didn't know what her role was.

Wabberjocky · **Posted:** Fri Nov 09, 2007 11:25 pm

From that article:

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Newsroom topic teams, also called pods, clusters, and other names,

I'll say.

paulwiggins · **Posted:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:29 am

That's so00000000000000000 last century.

Redaktor · **Posted:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:54 am

I was at that shop during that time. It was baffling.

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