As career moves go, Khristopher Brooks didn’t do the smart thing when he put out a press release announcing that he would join the News-Journal.
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Delaware’s biggest newspaper withdrew its job offer, but thanks to the online world found itself in the middle of a controversy.
Old school folks defended the Gannett property’s decision on a variety of grounds that come with working with newspaper culture and the wisdom (caution might be a better word) that comes with age.
Others wondered whether Brooks , despite his lack of understanding of employment law and business etiquette , might have been the kind of digital-savvy reporter the N-J desperately needs.
JimRomenesko.com – which has become must reading for many reporters and editors and helped make the N-J’s decision into a national story – reported that Brooks got a job. No press release this time, but the young reporter is clearly stoked by the controversy and the inquiries that followed.
CLICK HERE for a link to Romenesko’s post and to find out his new gig. One hint – it’s a bigger market than Delaware.
Finally, what do you think? Should the News-Journal taken him to the principal’s office on his first day, or did they do the right thing, regardless of the PR consequences? Comment below.
