The Future?

From: PDN (Photo District News) online

Star-Ledger Photo Editor Now Working in Mailroom

Editor and Publisher has a story that illustrates just how bad things are at The Star-Ledger in Newark, which has lost 151 newsroom employees to buyouts this year. Assistant deputy editor Mitchell Seidel and reporter Jason Jett are now working in the mailroom. Seidel and Jett could not be reached for comment, but staffers still employed at the troubled newspaper confirmed that the two have been sorting, filing and delivering mail for more than a week.

This summer, The Star-Ledger's publisher, George Arwady, threatened to close the newspaper unless at least 200 of the newsroom's 330 employees took buyouts. So far 151 of the staffers have taken buyouts. Seidel and Jett were among those who chose to stay. Their reward, according to the E&P story, is that they are now using their talents at pushing the mail cart down the hall.

http://www.pdnpulse.com/2008/11/starledger-photo-editor-now-working-in-mailroom.html