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Date Posted: 02:23:23 10/20/11 Thu
Author: Jay
Subject: Re: Robinson quits AP?
In reply to: Sports Ed 's message, "Robinson quits AP?" on 18:43:16 01/21/11 Fri

>AP has the Pittsburgh sports job posted. Apparently
>Alan Robinson had some sort of blow-up with management
>and quit on the spot after 30+ years with the company
>and more than 25 in Pittsburgh. The national NFL
>writers are in town, so they'll handle the AFC
>Championship game.
>
>There's a plum job for someone, although I'll bet AP
>promotes someone from within the company.

The new guy seems to be pacing himself.

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[> [> Re: Robinson quits AP? -- tommygun8, 11:47:46 10/29/11 Sat [1]

>>AP has the Pittsburgh sports job posted. Apparently
>>Alan Robinson had some sort of blow-up with management
>>and quit on the spot after 30+ years with the company
>>and more than 25 in Pittsburgh. The national NFL
>>writers are in town, so they'll handle the AFC
>>Championship game.
>>
>>There's a plum job for someone, although I'll bet AP
>>promotes someone from within the company.
>
>The new guy seems to be pacing himself.

"Pacing" isn't the correct word ... that would suggest there's actual work getting done. Word on the street is the guy's miserable, wishes he were back at his low-profile former job that permitted him to get by writing a couple of stories a week, is homesick, blah, blah, blah. His twitter account is full of references to his former location, almost none to Pittsburgh.

Understand most of the work Robinson did is being handled by freelancers and that AP members aren't happy with losing much of the voluminous Steelers coverage they had for years.

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[> [> [> Re: Robinson quits AP? -- Suburbanite, 13:55:26 10/31/11 Mon [1]

It's not so much the Steelers coverage that's lacking as it is the Penguins and Pitt stuff. There have been more stories out of Penn State on the wire about that bad basketball program than there have been about the top-10 Pitt basketball program.
There were no AP stories on the Penguins draft the entire weekend of the draft.






>>>AP has the Pittsburgh sports job posted. Apparently
>>>Alan Robinson had some sort of blow-up with
>management
>>>and quit on the spot after 30+ years with the company
>>>and more than 25 in Pittsburgh. The national NFL
>>>writers are in town, so they'll handle the AFC
>>>Championship game.
>>>
>>>There's a plum job for someone, although I'll bet AP
>>>promotes someone from within the company.
>>
>>The new guy seems to be pacing himself.
>
>"Pacing" isn't the correct word ... that would suggest
>there's actual work getting done. Word on the street
>is the guy's miserable, wishes he were back at his
>low-profile former job that permitted him to get by
>writing a couple of stories a week, is homesick, blah,
>blah, blah. His twitter account is full of references
>to his former location, almost none to Pittsburgh.
>
>Understand most of the work Robinson did is being
>handled by freelancers and that AP members aren't
>happy with losing much of the voluminous Steelers
>coverage they had for years.

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