Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Bureau closing

It's been in the wind all day today in circles around Towson, multiple reliable sources are telling us here at SPJ that The Sun is closing its bureau in Towson. The reporters (at least three) will likely be assigned out of the mother ship on Calvert Street.

Five days ago Tribune, The Sun's parent company, announced a round of buyouts at its various papers including the Baltimore property and Patuxent Publishing Co.

More as this develops.

Again, for those who don't know, I'm an employee at Patuxent Publishing.

— Bryan P. Sears
chapter president

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Sun say this won't effect coverage, but anyone who has tried to get to the courthouse in Towson from downtown Baltimore knows better. Right now, the Baltimore bureau is closer to the county government offices than Calvert Street is to City Hall. Two weeks from now, the reporters covering Balto County will be working out of their cars' trunks. All so Tribune can try yet again to interest 20-somethings in a print product? This can only be the work of a marketing committee. Oh, yeah, it is.

Anonymous said...

What do you know about Patuxent closing and more layoffs throughout the media group?