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Topic: Memos Sent to Romenesko
Date/Time: 9/11/2008 2:17:27 PM
Title: Roanoke Times on reporter's reassignment
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
Roanoke Times managing editor's memo to staff

From: Michael Stowe
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:22 PM
To: All News (The Roanoke Times)
Subject: Information sharing

Good afternoon,

I know the recent Wall Street Journal story on Carilion and a blog item posted this week on the Columbia Journalism Review's website (with a link today on Romenesko) created some buzz in the newsroom regarding the reasons behind Jeff Sturgeon's beat change last year. In our efforts to protect Jeff's privacy -- and not air details of a personnel issue in public -- Carole and I didn't address the topic as directly as we would have liked.

But I thought it was important to let each of you know: Jeff wasn't reassigned because we were unhappy with the stories he had written about Carilion; nor did Carilion executives call the newspaper and ask for the change.

Thanks,
Michael

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