Dallas Morning News
In the 1980s,
Bob Mong was "intimately involved" in expanding the Dallas Morning News. "Today, I am trying to rescale the paper in a digital world," reducing its newsroom staff by 111. "We must produce this important paper and its Web content with a staff size that fits economic reality," he says. The Dallas Morning News editor seems to be responding to
Julie Bosman's NYT
story when he writes: "A more local focus does not mean less sophistication or ambitiousness. We will do what it takes to get to the bottom of important local stories or issues – online and in the paper."
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"We were told that upper management approval would be required for any and all farewells," writes former DMN TV critic
Ed Bark. "In other words I couldn't have been truthful about my real reasons for leaving a newspaper that had provided me with great opportunities and experiences, as well as a very gainful living." He explains his departure.
(unclebarky.com)
