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FBLA Interview With Paper Cut's Erica Smith - Posted October 19, 2009
Erica Smith, staffer at St. Louis Post-Dispatch and creator and keeper of the Google Map titled Paper Cuts documenting jobs lost in the newspaper industry, gave us a couple of seconds of her time in the wake of the announcement by the New York Times they would be laying off around... [FishBowlLA]
FBLA Interview With Paper Cut's Erica Smith - Posted October 19, 2009
Erica Smith, staffer at St. Louis Post-Dispatch and creator and keeper of the Google Map titled Paper Cuts documenting jobs lost in the newspaper industry, gave us a couple of seconds of her time in the wake of the announcement by the New York Times they would be laying off around... [FishBowlLA]
Support.com Reaches Out to Laid Off Journos - Posted June 16, 2009
We don't know if this is comforting or uhm...kind of scary sad that laid off journalists are a big enough demo for a company to reach out to. Eep.
But we love that the press release mentions our old pal Erica Smith who maintains Paper Cuts and so we have dubbed her... [FishBowlLA]
Erica Smith is Miffed at CNN for Misquoting Her Stats - Posted March 31, 2009
Journo, Erica Smith, whom we've dubbed The Newsroom Angel of Death for her somber vigil of the death of our national print papers.
Apparently, her record keeping has gotten pretty popular, we've received press releases with her name dropped in. Now CNN is using her stats...mangling them.
She sent us this email:
CNN is... [FishBowlLA]
Newspaper Layoffs Hit 6,000 This Year - in March - Mid-March - Posted March 23, 2009
Our Newsroom Angel of Death, Erica Smith, the saint that keeps tabs on you and all your friends losing their jobs and is kind enough to make a nifty google map of it, has informed us that we're accelerating the rate of job losses this year.
She writes FBLA:
More not-so-great news. On... [FishBowlLA]
The Copy Editor's Lament: The Layoff Song - Posted March 6, 2009
Erica Smith, dubbed the Newsroom Angel of Death for her Google Map "Paper Cuts". Has sent us this song, "Copy Editor's Lament" from Christopher Ave.
Hysterical.
"AP Stylebook is my bible, helps me stop the suit for libel. But nothing can ensure my survival now."
Listen here.... [FishBowlLA]
The Copy Editor's Lament: The Layoff Song - Posted March 6, 2009
Erica Smith, dubbed the Newsroom Angel of Death for her Google Map "Paper Cuts". Has sent us this song, "Copy Editor's Lament" from Christopher Ave.
Hysterical.
"AP Stylebook is my bible, helps me stop the suit for libel. But nothing can ensure my survival now."
Listen here.... [FishBowlLA]
Paper Cuts Hits 1000 for the Year...Already - Posted January 29, 2009
Journo Erica Smith, whom we've dubbed the Newsroom Angel of Death because of her vigil in the form of a Google map of all the jobs lost in the newspaper industry nation wide, has informed us that her yearly tally has already hit and passed 1000.
Of course, last year saw... [FishBowlLA]
Putting Numbers to Life After Newspapers - Posted January 27, 2009
The American Journalism Review takes a look at Paper Cuts' Erica Smith who estimates that more than 7,000 journalists have lost their job this year.And that means the newsroom population of American papers shrank by about 15 percent last year, down from 52,000 at the start of the year. That's three... [FishBowlNY]
Fewer Local Newspapers Next Year?! - Posted December 3, 2008
A report in E&P suggests that there may be a sharp decline in local newspapers in the next few years...maybe even months. The report goes as far as to say that several cities will have no dailies at all.
Chicago Newspaper and newspaper groups are likely to default on their debt and... [FishBowlLA]
FBLA Checks in with Erica Smith - Posted November 13, 2008
So we caught up with our friend, journalist Erica Smith, whom we have dubbed the Newsroom Angel of Death, because she has watched over the industry as it wheezes and hacks documenting it with a nifty little Google map.
Someone has to do it.
FBLA: How's the site going and do... [FishBowlLA]
SF Chron to Lay Off 125 People - Posted August 4, 2008
The newspaper announced it officially on Saturday.
We asked our favorite (as if there are others) Newsroom Angel of Death, Erica Smith what she thought of the news. She sent us this email:
It's heartbreaking, of course. The Chronicle's announcement pushed the number of layoffs and buyouts this year above 7,000. (There are... [FishBowlLA]
SF Chron to Lay Off 125 People - Posted August 4, 2008
The newspaper announced it officially on Saturday.
We asked our favorite (as if there are others) Newsroom Angel of Death, Erica Smith what she thought of the news. She sent us this email:
It's heartbreaking, of course. The Chronicle's announcement pushed the number of layoffs and buyouts this year above 7,000. (There are... [FishBowlLA]
Good Morning FBLA Readers -- The Touching Side of Lay Offs - Posted July 18, 2008
Erica Smith, the journalist whom we've dubbed the Newsroom Angel of Death has struck again. This time it's a informative interview with laid off Times staffer Amy Martin and her goal of helping other newly unemployeds redo their resumes and bone up on their tech skills.
Have you found others (co-workers or... [FishBowlLA]
