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Sunday, February 09, 2020

LVCI - Morning Call Has Lost Two of Its Most Senior Reporters

Last week, I told you that The Morning Call staff is shrinking yet again. From what an editor there tells me, reporters who have eight or more years experience were offered buyouts. Pam Lehman, one of the paper's top crime reporters, left for a job in Lehigh County. I added that NorCo's courts' reporter was leaving as well.

Fellow blogger LVCI has more. He reports Riley Yates, who happens to be the senior reporter covering Northampton County Courts, is leaving.

From Yates' Twitter Feed: "Personal news: I’m leaving The Morning Call after 12 years. I’ve accepted a buyout, during what is the fourth round of staff cuts in my tenure. If you want to say goodbye, please call, message or stop by, because tomorrow is my last day."

LVCI also notes the departure of Nicole Radzievich, a fixture at Bethlehem City Council:

From Radzievich's Twitter Feed: "I can’t thank enough The Morning Call and all the wonderful journalists I have worked with there over the last 19 years. I’ll miss you all and will continue to follow your important work as a reader. -30-"

As I said before, this is bad news for democracy and great news for bad government.

I appreciate LVCI for bringing this to everyone's attention.
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2020 at 2:13 PM

    "As local newspapers shrink or disappear, opportunities increase for politicians and public employees to reach into the cookie jar and help themselves."

    https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2018/06/06/a-new-study-measures-the-cost-of-corruption-when-the-local-newspaper-dies

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2020 at 3:14 PM

    Sports writer Steve Miller also left after 15 years, per his Twitter account. He was a good one.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2020 at 4:51 PM

    pathetic- the Morning Call should be ashamed of themselves!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2020 at 6:26 PM

    They are going the way of toll bridge collectors , Ez pass / Internet don’t need people to interact. Yet Our toll bridges employ and pay salaries ,and what do they do ? The press buys them out to settle them to something else.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2020 at 6:32 PM

    where is Nicole going?

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  6. Bernie O'HareFebruary 9, 2020 at 8:54 PM

    I do not know. I think you'd want to keep the more senior reporters if you wanted to deliver a good product. Despite its protests to the contrary, it is clear to me that this newspaper no longer wishes to deliver a superior product.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2020 at 10:30 PM

    What happened to the Distress-Times?

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2020 at 11:03 PM

    The Call has been in on the local corruption and criminal activities since before they acquired the entire block because of questionable circumstance! Remember the Pennsylvania restaurant and the prostitutes stroll was around that block and they took there breaks at the no infamous closed Trinkle's Cafe?

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2020 at 7:30 AM

    And once again, yesterday we didn't get our paper delivered.

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2020 at 7:49 AM

    7:30, call someone overseas. You’re problem is handled halfway around the world.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2020 at 7:57 AM

    Bernie, as you know, a superior product would be a newspaper filled 90% with LOCAL NEWS, delivered by people with LOCAL knowledge. Just provide what’s useful HERE. Less reprints from Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times.

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2020 at 8:14 AM

    Nothing to see or report here..please keep moving.

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2020 at 8:56 AM

    A Vladimir Putin critic has been found with his throat slit in what police are calling a "politically motivated" assassination in a French hotel.

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2020 at 9:02 AM

    WFMZ just like The Morning Call has become advertizementalistz at best, when clicking on a story the site wants you to sign in on one of there accounts of social media. What used to take a few minutes too read now takes much more time trying to navigate out of these pop-up advertizements. News or just attention diversion designs to send subliminals in there agenda driven network?

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