Romenesko Memos Roanoke Times managing editor
Michael Stowe says in a memo that recent WSJ and CJR
pieces have "created some buzz in the newsroom regarding the reasons behind
Jeff Sturgeon's beat change last year." He writes: "In our efforts to protect Jeff's privacy -- and not air details of a personnel issue in public -- [editor]
Carole [Tarrant] and I didn't address the topic as directly as we would have liked. But I thought it was important to let each of you know: Jeff wasn't reassigned because we were unhappy with the stories he had written about Carilion; nor did Carilion executives call the newspaper and ask for the change."
