List of Santa Cruz Sentinel Layoffs

From BrattonOnline.com:

"SENTINEL SACKING. One Sentinel employee (who wants to remain nameless) believed I thought it was funny about Sentinel employees being canned...I don't. I thought I'd made that clear. I think it's sad, even tragic that print newspapers have to lay off so many people. BUT as long as our daily newspaper is firing them, and if the Sentinel really does listen to their readers, we should have a voice or vote in it, and the votes are really coming in, and thanks. I can't print many of the Sack The Sentinel 8 entries but here's an excerpt that's worth reading (I'm keeping all senders anonymous) "Let's add Jondi Gumz to the list of who to fire at the Sentinel. She went from being the University reporter, to being 'at large' with the Business section. Last year, she ran as a Republican for Scotts Valley School Board... and won. You'd think a politician and terrible reporter would be the first to be fired? From what I hear about the Sentinel: Soraya Gutierrez is already leaving to go somewhere else... so that cuts the number of positions that need to be cut. Now here's the question I've been wondering: whose going to report on it? With the Mercury owned by the same company as the Sentinel, they don't cover Santa Cruz news anymore. The Chronicle had their own cut back and can barely cover the City. So who is going to be the Sentinel's watchdog? Word on the street is that Peter Koht from the Good Times may be working up an article", end of email.

ONE MORE SENTINEL SACKING EMAIL. Well here's one more that came in from Boston!!! ..."As far as who should be sacked, I'm with you on Shana McCord. But I feel most concerned about Matt King, the education reporter. He's relatively new (no seniority) but he's clearly the best reporter they have. Also, education news tends not to be all that "sexy" so the suits might feel they can cut that position easily. Knowing the mediocrity at the Sentinel, though, they'll probably keep all the untalented reporters there." end of email. And yes, Don Miller still leads the list.

LATE BREAKING NEWS. SENTINEL LAYOFFS, THE FINAL WORD. Not knowing how the Sentinel will announce the seven layoffs here's the word I got Wednesday 6/27 at noon. If the Sentinel was any kind of paper this list will have appeared on their front page in Thursday's edition...we'll just see. Four reporters are out the door; Roger Sideman, Soraya Gutierrez, Daniel Lopez, and Isiah Guzman. One photographer Kate Falconer. Two from the copy desk Max DeNike and Jonathan Whitaker. Yes, that's only seven, maybe they'll announce Don Miller's name on a special day. Keep on sending those wish lists for Sentinel Sackees they'll be sacking more very soon, you can bet on it. "

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