Sara's busy Friday
I'm exhausted after writing four stories yesterday, one on the Stanford 10 scores, one on the Baltimore Teachers Union's Extreme Classroom/Library Makeover contest, and two with Justin Fenton on the Black Guerrilla Family.
The test scores, as you know, are up.
The classroom makeover is well intentioned but somewhat problematic. The teacher at Southside Academy is likely slated to move to a different (smaller) classroom next school year. And the BTU still needs to raise money and solicit volunteers to complete the renovations.
As for the Black Guerrilla Family: I learned a bit more about convicted murderer Rainbow Lee Williams' role de-escalating gang conflicts at Harbor City with Partners In Progress. And we got a copy of The Black Book, a self improvement guide written by the head of BGF. Andrey Bundley and Bridget Alston-Smith, head of PIP, are among those who endorsed the book on its back cover. Both say they were only speaking about the personal improvement efforts they witnessed personally while doing outreach in prisons.
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Comments
Sara, this post does not really go here but since the sun does not seem to be covering it, could you please tell a faithful reader of three papers a day, what gives with all the layoffs.I understand the desperate plight of papers,in general but specifically what staff (witers/journalists) are gone and who remains? Is there a list? Everyone does not write daily so it is hard to tell who is there and who is gone. It is tragic.I have been reading a great deal about how communication is evolving(ie news reporting) but this is not my field and I am trying to keep up. Clearly the Internet,Twitter etc has a huge impact but is there a place for paper papers and how is local news covered??
Posted by: wise educator | May 10, 2009 1:03 PM
Wise: All great questions, and I wish I had answers for you. There is no official list that I know of about who left and who's still here. The most comprehensive accounting I've seen is on this blog of a former Sun editor: http://ettlin.blogspot.com/. Keep in mind that the staff reductions aren't over yet. Some former reporters who were laid off from other job classifications (i.e., columnists, copy editors) have the contractual right to come back into the reporting lineup, thus "bumping" less senior reporters.
Posted by: Sara Neufeld | May 11, 2009 3:42 PM