Readers Write: It’s Never Been A Better Time To Be A Woman At The Inquirer
We heard from a lot of, er, Journalism Professionals after Sweeney blew a gasket yesterday while contemplating the Job-like task that covering Philadelphia Media Holdings and its various properties has become. Some of you were like, “tee-hee!,” others were scared dude was going postal, and still others were like, “Dude, it’s even worse than you think.” In that third category, by far the most interesting tidbit we found was this:
For what it’s worth, and surely this will be a moot point soon if it isn’t already, but there is not a single woman on the Inquirer’s masthead right now.
Now ain’t that a bitch. To clarify, “masthead” in this sense refers to the listing of editors/managers in the paper, and not female rank-and-file writers. Nevertheless, it’s telling. But lest we get too upset about any of this, let’s take the glass-half-full approach: No female careers are currently being harmed in the production of the Overwhelming Piece Of Suck that is today’s Inquirer.
July 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
re: “No female careers are currently being harmed in the production of the Overwhelming Piece Of Suck that is today’s Inquirer.”
Maybe that’s why the Inky sucks. Lack of divergent viewpoints though certainly not from the y chromosome species.
Also,
re: Sweeney blowing a gasket.
Why shouldn’t Philadelphia be pissed at Thierney & Co. Slowly but surely he’s combining the papers (a copy editor here, a photog there) when He *guaranteed* the two papers would remain complete and separate entities.
Note: This is happening because they are a cash poor entity who borrowed *tons* of monies for the purchase using a failed late ’80s Republican economic plan.