Friday, April 04, 2008

A familiar name in LA Times list

Thanks to LA Observed, there's an updated list of buyouts at tjhe LA Times which includes the once familiar name of a former BJ staffer who is now a former LA staffer:

Click on the headline to go to the blog or read this list:

Departed Times staffers:
Kevin Crust, film writer in Calendar
Jennifer Delson, Orange County staff writer
Glenn Doggrell, design editor
Joan Fantazia, assistant copy chief
Robin Fields, Washington bureau reporter
Tom Furlong, deputy National editor
Laura Gutierrez, editorial hiring staff assistant
Greg Griggs, Ventura staff writer
Liz Hale, magazine deputy art director
Don Hunt, City desk weekend editor
Connie Kang, Metro staff writer
Greg Krikorian, federal court reporter
Myron Levin, Metro staff writer
Ela Lindsay, research assistant
Joe Mathews, Washington bureau staff writer
Alan Miller, Washington bureau staff writer
Sonia Nazario, Metro staff writer
Robyn Norwood, Sports writer
Charles Perry, food writer
Jonathan Peterson, Washington bureau staff writer
Gina Piccalo, film writer in Calendar
Jeff Rabin, Metro staff writer
Cecilia Rasmussen, Then and Now columnist
James Ricci, Metro staff writer
Ruth Ryon, Hot Property writer
Joel Sappell, special projects editor
John Spano, Metro courts staff writer
Lewis Segal, dance critic
Molly Selvin, Business staff writer
John Stewart, National news editor
Mike Terry, Sports writer
Tomas Alex Tizon, Seattle bureau chief
Cicely Wedgeworth, features copy editor
Henry Weinstein, legal affairs writer in Metro
Robert Welkos, film writer in Calendar
Nona Yates, politics desk researcher

And a Ricci comment:

James Ricci:

Subject: My turn to say...

…farewell. The greatest honor of my 37 years as a newspaper guy has been to be counted among you for the last twelve. That loud voice from the sidelines cheering you and the Times on will be mine.

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