By JEN CHEN
It’s been a sad week for print journalism. Even though some of us here at The Pitch often take issue with the Star, we can’t help feeling bad for the 120 people who got laid off on Monday.
Today, Aaron Barnhart posted this tribute to his fired colleague Paul Horsley. Barnhart writes: “I can say this without hesitation — no one at the Kansas City Star worked harder, produced more copy, endured nuttier hours or flexed more intellectual muscle than Paul Horsley. Losing him just sucks.” Barnhart also set up this blog so that people can say goodbye to their favorite Star employees.
Meanwhile, there’s this evidence that we’re all in the wrong business: Last night, Gawker.com posted this list of the top-paid sports writers in the country. Jason Whitlock makes the top 10. According to The Big Lead, “insiders estimate his Star salary to be in the $260k-$350k a year range, and they surmise he’s probably making close to the same at Fox, putting his yearly take in the $550-650k range.” Take that, Paul Horsley.
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The real crime with getting rid of Horsley is that he covered something nobody else in town covered and he did it well. Instead of making the paper less and less vital to the city and hoping we'll still pick it up, the Star's powers that be should be making it better . . . more local, more useful, more intelligent, more necessary. We need more Horsley and less pictures of David Cook. As for McClanahan . . . i gather from Daily Briefs that the midwest voices columnists aren't, like, real comunists? What's the deal with that party-line parroting jackass?
I left the following comment at Barnhart's tribute blog, but it hasn't appeared yet:
We lose the likes of Paul Horsely and Vickie Sizemore Long, but that chucklehead McClanahan will continue to crank out his wankery. Wher eis the justice??? Apparently it is more important for him to have his platform to shake his tiny, impotent right-wing fist at the development at Linwood and Main, apparently because he wasn't given the final sign off on the building designs. I know the Kansas wheat harvest and urban gardens aren't sexy - but they are at least informative about issues that matter close to home. Feh.
Jason Whitlock's salary could be cut in half, he would still be overpaid, and three jobs of real reporters dioing actual journalism that matters could be saved. The priorities are screwed up royally.
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