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Sunday, October 01, 2006

Thanks for reading the BJ

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A blog comment: Longtime Beacon Journal reporter and Guild officer Paul Schleis has a neat message for her phone mail. After the obligatory...
Saturday, September 30, 2006

New Mad Shopper in the wings

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A new Mad Shopper column starring Kerry Clawson will begin in a few weeks. Don't tell us you missed the top of page Business section pro...

Chiffon still looking for job

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One of the more poignant stories of the Beacon Journal layoffs involved copy editor Chiffon Staebler, a widow and mother of three. Her job m...

Does Gloria attract layoffs?

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Pity poor Gloria Irwin. She cannot seem to get away from layoff problems. She wrote most of the Beacon Journal stories on the downfall of Kn...

Armon lands on his feet

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Beacon Journal reporter Rick Armon is already gone and in Columbus. Here’s how he tells it: I have moved to Columbus and started a new job a...
Friday, September 29, 2006

Guild chairman is leaving

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CORRECTION ON THIS POST: Gross was not laid off. Keeping the comings and goings straight is difficult. Hope this gets it straight. Andale...
Thursday, September 28, 2006

Friday is last day for business editor

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Friday will be the last day for Beacon Journal business editor Dave Hertz. He is leaving the newspaper after 15 years to become a vice presi...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

264 years of news experience lost

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On a running total so far, the Akron Beacon Journal has lost the expertise of 14 staff members with 264 years of experience in covering the...
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Volunteers going and going

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If the volunteers continue to leave, the jobs of at least half of those laid off will be saved. The sports staff, we are told, needs only on...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Craig Wilson in hospital fourth time

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Craig Wilson is in Barberton Citizens Hospital for the fourth time this year, still undergoing tests. This past Saturday he was calle...
Monday, September 25, 2006

Update from Geigers in Mongolia

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Here’s an update from Pete Geiger who used to handle a number of reporting jobs–including religion–at the Beacon Journal: My wife, Sandy, an...
Sunday, September 24, 2006

Tech guy Helmick is staying

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Trying to keep up with the turmoil caused by the layoff at the Beacon Journal is a tough job. The blog statement that the early press run ha...

Ho hum goodbye for Jane

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Mizell might just as well have written “Oh, by the way, Jane is leaving.” Managing Editor Mizell Stewart gave Jane Snow the ho-hum “goodbye”...
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Don't Ask Jane--she's leaving

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Food editor Jane Snow is leaving. Managing Editor Mizell Stewart will make the announcement in his Sunday column.. If he uses a photo it wil...
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A different Black Friday at BJ

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Black Friday in the Mad Shopper world is the day after Thanksgiving when shoppers are nuts (and fun in their craziness) -- rising early in...
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Friday, September 22, 2006

A Stock recipe for success

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Most Beacon Journal readers know Debby Stock Kiefer as the Recipe Roundup face of the Beacon Journal. She is much more as you will learn in ...
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Thursday, September 21, 2006

BJ cuts 27 non-news jobs

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Just reported (4:30 p.m.) on Cleveland.com by PD reporter Mary Vanac, a former BJ reporter: The Akron Beacon Journal today announced anothe...

Here’s Dave Wilson’s story

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I've been here since July 1996, with Knight Ridder since 1988. I thought I'd make it to 20 years and move on to something else. Well...

Talk about a fast shuffle

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Talk about a fast shuffle. Combine these two column photos and imagine Elaine Guregian singing and dancing her way along to a theater perfor...
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Printer Bob Flint dies

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Retired BJ printer Robert Lee Flint, 70, of Randolph, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006, at his home. Born Sept. 22, 1935, in Clarksburg...