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From a source, a description of The Baltimore Sun newsroom, the day after nearly a third of the staff was laid off:

“Greetings from inside the tomb, where you can hear the air conditioning running.
There may be life on other planets, but I can safely report that there’s no life at the Sun.
Certain people are running around in a self-important way, giving orders and avoiding eye contact. Security guards–not the ones we know–pretend to be casually passing though the newsroom.
A muffin and a Mountain Dew sit on Ray Frager’s desk, just where he left them when he was called in to be fired Tuesday night.
AME-level editors were writing cutlines and headlines last night because no one thought that you actually need people to do those jobs.
Welcome to the Sun, where no one can hear you scream.”

  • gunner

    Does anyone know how I can contact Ray Frager? We worked together at the Dallas Morning News and I’d like to give him a shout out. Please send any contact to my email address above or mgunner1@gmail.com.

    Thanks.

    G

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