But what about his moonlighting as an opinion columnist?
Bob Richter, the public editor for Hearst's San Antonio newspaper (the Express-News), wrote about the merger of the Austin bureaus of the Chronicle and Express-News this weekend. Richter's (good corporate) take is that even though competition has been reduced, the advantages of the larger bureau outweigh the drawbacks:
"The large size of the bureau and our combined experience give us opportunities for coverage that we may not otherwise have had," bureau chief Clay Robison says, noting he's put two reporters, R.G. Ratcliffe and Lisa Sandberg, on the Texas Youth Commission story, which "wouldn't have been possible with a smaller bureau."
"Things are going smoothly," says Peggy Fikac, his deputy and chief of the Express-News bureau until the merger. "We're all rowing in the same direction, so that's pretty cool."
Richter does not address why Robison continues to act both as bureau chief (in charge of hard news coverage) and opinion columnist (delivering lefty fare reliably). The bureau merger seemingly would have been a good opportunity to make Robison choose one or the other, or simply to designate him as a columnist and reward Fikac with the bureau chief position for her good work running the Express-News Austin bureau previously.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/26/07 09:53 PM | Houston Chronicle | Print | Comments (8)
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