I Stand Corrected

December 3, 2009 - byGary Pearce
News & Observer Executive Editor John Drescher doesn’t miss much. Within minutes of my post below about the N&O’s 25-year club, he shot me this email:
 
Gary,

There are far more long-timers here than you give us credit for.

Of the people in the 25-year club, 15 are in the newsroom: Tudor, Christensen, Stevens, Siceloff, Medlin, Woodward, Alexander, Lynch, Rottet,  Frederick, Jeffries, Willett, Krueger, DuPre and  Cornatzer.  That doesn’t count  Steve Ford, editor of the editorial pages.

Others have long-standing ties to the paper and North Carolina.

For example, I was here in 1984 but left and returned. I remember the 1984 race well.

Another example, Linda Williams (who oversees news, sports and business) was here in the 1970s, left and returned. She covered the merger of the Raleigh and Wake school systems for The N&O.

That means the top two people in news go way back in terms of experience and institutional knowledge.

Others worked in North Carolina for other papers and moved to The N&O later. For example, Jay Price didn’t show up in the 25-year club but he’s been associated with the paper his whole life. His grandfather was managing editor and his uncle was a reporter here for decades.

I would make the point opposite of yours: To an unusual degree, The N&O has a large number of staffers with long-time ties to the paper and to North Carolina.

John

Two footnotes:
 
Jay Price’s grandfather, Woodrow, hired me as a copyboy.
 
And I still bet John would have retired me by now. Especially if I didn’t check my facts any better.
 
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December 3, 2009/Gary Pearce
News & Observer Executive Editor John Drescher doesn’t miss much. Within minutes of my post below about the N&O’s 25-year club, he shot me this email:
 
Gary,

There are far more long-timers here than you give us credit for.

Of the people in the 25-year club, 15 are in the newsroom: Tudor, Christensen, Stevens, Siceloff, Medlin, Woodward, Alexander, Lynch, Rottet,  Frederick, Jeffries, Willett, Krueger, DuPre and  Cornatzer.  That doesn’t count  Steve Ford, editor of the editorial pages.

Others have long-standing ties to the paper and North Carolina.

For example, I was here in 1984 but left and returned. I remember the 1984 race well.

Another example, Linda Williams (who oversees news, sports and business) was here in the 1970s, left and returned. She covered the merger of the Raleigh and Wake school systems for The N&O.

That means the top two people in news go way back in terms of experience and institutional knowledge.

Others worked in North Carolina for other papers and moved to The N&O later. For example, Jay Price didn’t show up in the 25-year club but he’s been associated with the paper his whole life. His grandfather was managing editor and his uncle was a reporter here for decades.

I would make the point opposite of yours: To an unusual degree, The N&O has a large number of staffers with long-time ties to the paper and to North Carolina.

John

Two footnotes:
 
Jay Price’s grandfather, Woodrow, hired me as a copyboy.
 
And I still bet John would have retired me by now. Especially if I didn’t check my facts any better.
 
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