Friday, February 20, 2009

Have lunch with Brent, Betsy and Joe

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Brent Larkin, long-time Plain Dealer Editorial Page Director, will soon retire. Elizabeth Sullivan, currently on the PD’s Editorial Board, ...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

Look who showed up

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About 35 former Plain Dealer staffers gathered at Mahle's Restaurant in Westlake on Friday, Jan. 20, 2008 for lunch and conversation. ...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Jan Harayda sighting

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Jan Harayda, former Plain Dealer book editor, is working on her third novel while participating in the Writer in Residence program at the Fa...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Meet the author, Tom Diemer

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Tom Diemer, former Washington and Columbus bureau reporter, was in Cleveland Sunday, Jan. 11 for a book signing party. Tom's book, ...
Monday, January 12, 2009

January luncheon is here, Jan. 30

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PD Editorial Retirees & Expatriates Casual unstructured lunch troupe Gather for lunch on the last Fridays of January, April, Ju...
Friday, January 02, 2009

Chris Stephens' farewell party

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About two or so weeks ago, photographer Chris Stephens left The Plain Dealer, one of about 25 people who left on their own, taking the ...

A little levity from the past

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Former makeup man Bill Fenton sent us this old photo a while back. Those were the good ole days in the old PD building when hijinks were co...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Hollands return from Cuba

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Here's former Religion Editor Darrell Holland and his wife, Ann, at the Cleveland Metro Parks Zoo, where they are service volunteers. Th...
Friday, December 26, 2008

Media Career Transition Day

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A journalism career might take you to retirement, but if not…What's your Plan B? You might not need one, but it's always good to be ...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Hapanowicz dies

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Steve Hapanowicz, of Cuyahoga Heights, a former sport reporter who retired in 1992, died Dec. 11, 2008. Here's a link to the death noti...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

Rosenberg sues PD

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Don Rosenberg, who was removed as music reviewer earlier this year, has sued The Plain Dealer and the Cleveland Orchestra. To see the story ...

Dana's book is out

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Curt Chandler, former PD photographer, passed along this news about Dana Canady, former PD reporter. N.Y. Times' Canedy Finishes Book, W...
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Sunday, December 07, 2008

Kathy Kudravi says hi

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Kathy Kudravi, former sports copy editor/layout person, dropped us a line recently. She found the blogspot site off of Poynter's Media ...
Friday, December 05, 2008

Remembering Lamarr Atkinson

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Lamarr Atkinson, a former PD library clerk, has died. Here are links to his death notice and to a guest book to leave condolences for the fa...
Monday, December 01, 2008

Guild starting fund to help laid off colleagues

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12/1/2008 Dear former Plain Dealer colleagues: Today we learned that 27 people will be laid off, losing their jobs at the newspaper we'v...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Chuck Heaton award goes to Terry Pluto

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Plain Dealer and former Akron Beacon Journal sportswriter Terry Pluto is the recipient of the first annual Chuck Heaton award. The award, p...

A night crew to remember

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This is the Plain Dealer's night crew as of Nov. 2008. The photo was taken on occasion of what would be the last night this particular c...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Holiday fun, and a fundraiser, too!

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The Guild is inviting PD retirees (both Guild members and former managers) to join them at their holiday gathering at the Town Fryer on Dec...

Life after the PD

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Jo Ellen Corrigan has launched a blog aimed at helping PD departees make the transition to life outside of the newsroom. She's looking f...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

It's a Tom Diemer book signing!!

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Former longtime PD reporter Tom Diemer has a new book out on former Sen. Howard Metzenbaum and wants to invite current PD staffers or alums...