Comments on: WSN, The Epilogue http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:10:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Twitted by Thatcher http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657&cpage=1#comment-45 Twitted by Thatcher Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:41:14 +0000 http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657#comment-45 [...] This post was Twitted by Thatcher [...] [...] This post was Twitted by Thatcher [...]

]]> By: hmmmm http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657&cpage=1#comment-44 hmmmm Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:23:54 +0000 http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657#comment-44 You really deserve those few journalism jobs out there that pay. Good luck sir You really deserve those few journalism jobs out there that pay. Good luck sir

]]> By: The First Rule of WSN? You Don’t Talk About WSN | NYU Local http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657&cpage=1#comment-43 The First Rule of WSN? You Don’t Talk About WSN | NYU Local Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:17:49 +0000 http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657#comment-43 [...] NYU journalism tiff instigator and (former) WSN Senior Staff Writer Sergio Hernandez was officially fired from the paper yesterday after his treasonous attempts at stimulating a discussion about the [...] [...] NYU journalism tiff instigator and (former) WSN Senior Staff Writer Sergio Hernandez was officially fired from the paper yesterday after his treasonous attempts at stimulating a discussion about the [...]

]]> By: Rachel Holliday Smith http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657&cpage=1#comment-42 Rachel Holliday Smith Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:07:47 +0000 http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657#comment-42 Statement sent to Jessica Roy at NYULocal: WSN will no longer be accepting writing or reporting from Sergio Hernandez. This decision was not made because WSN has any established "gag rule" for staff, but because of the very negative, public nature of his criticism. We encourage criticism of the paper from our staff; every Sunday we have critique meetings where we rip the paper apart. We realize that we have lots of room for improvement — we're a student newspaper, after all — and we welcome constructive criticism. But Sergio's posts were not constructive, nor were they addressed with any member of staff before he posted them. Before Oct. 3, Sergio had not contacted either of us about any of the issues about which he wrote. His blog posts aimed to be damaging to the paper. And though Sergio believes he was not an active staff member when he wrote them, we absolutely disagree. Any member of staff who took the same active actions against the paper by writing publicly and negatively about it would be fired as well. We stand by our decision. — Rachel Holliday Smith, editor-in-chief, and MaryJane Weedman, managing editor, Washington Square News Statement sent to Jessica Roy at NYULocal:
WSN will no longer be accepting writing or reporting from Sergio Hernandez. This decision was not made because WSN has any established “gag rule” for staff, but because of the very negative, public nature of his criticism. We encourage criticism of the paper from our staff; every Sunday we have critique meetings where we rip the paper apart. We realize that we have lots of room for improvement — we’re a student newspaper, after all — and we welcome constructive criticism. But Sergio’s posts were not constructive, nor were they addressed with any member of staff before he posted them. Before Oct. 3, Sergio had not contacted either of us about any of the issues about which he wrote. His blog posts aimed to be damaging to the paper. And though Sergio believes he was not an active staff member when he wrote them, we absolutely disagree.
Any member of staff who took the same active actions against the paper by writing publicly and negatively about it would be fired as well. We stand by our decision.
— Rachel Holliday Smith, editor-in-chief, and MaryJane Weedman, managing editor, Washington Square News

]]> By: Luis Paez-Pumar http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657&cpage=1#comment-41 Luis Paez-Pumar Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:15:22 +0000 http://cerealcommas.com/blog/?p=657#comment-41 Things like this are why I was never at all motivated to join WSN throughout my first 2 years here. When I first heard about the "gag" policy from a friend (who shall remain nameless, don't go snooping WSN!), I immediately knew that this was not what I wanted to do. I appreciate your criticism of what, to me, is a flawed paper and organization. NYU Local may be crass, silly at times, and ridiculously arrogant, but they at least can take criticism a lot better than the Violet Lady. Err, I tried with that last nickname. Let me know if it sticks. -Luis Things like this are why I was never at all motivated to join WSN throughout my first 2 years here. When I first heard about the “gag” policy from a friend (who shall remain nameless, don’t go snooping WSN!), I immediately knew that this was not what I wanted to do.

I appreciate your criticism of what, to me, is a flawed paper and organization. NYU Local may be crass, silly at times, and ridiculously arrogant, but they at least can take criticism a lot better than the Violet Lady. Err, I tried with that last nickname. Let me know if it sticks.

-Luis

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