The Times-Picayune | Gambit
Food critic Brett Anderson has been un-laid off following some ouchy press (1, 2) for his current and perhaps future employer, The Times-Picayune. Anderson said Tuesday that he had been told he was out of a job because he had a Nieman fellowship.
“We told Brett then that he would have a job with us when the fellowship ended,” Picayune Editor Jim Amoss now tells his paper. “We should have communicated that this week when we announced the changes at our paper.”
Another area in which the newspaper might want to work on communication: Susan Langenhennig, the paper’s fashion editor, announced via Twitter on Thursday that she would be the paper’s new restaurant writer, starting with features and moving eventually to reviews:
Yes I’ll be the full-time restaurant writer when this transition happens RT @Frolic @slangenhennig off fashion & now full-time rest. writer?
— Susan Langenhennig (@slangenhennig) June 14, 2012
Writing in Gambit, Kevin Allman says Amoss and Anderson have been seen gourmandizing around town:
Diners spotted Anderson eating lunch with Amoss at Lilette on Wednesday. Today Gambit saw Amoss and Anderson enjoying plate lunches together at Mandina’s in Mid-City, around the corner from the Gambit offices — so at least we know things are still friendly between the editor and the critic.
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