Following the media conference from Sylvester Brown Jr. in St. Louis, I am compelled to state something: I will be reading his columns --- wherever they land.
For the moment, join me in reading what has been happening to Sylvester Brown Jr. on HIS blog:
http://sylvesterbrownjr.blogspot.com
I encourage support for this man. He writes with emotion and compassion, empathy and stance, forcefully and tenderly, depending upon what needs to be stated. Sylvester Brown Jr. and I have never had a lengthy face-to-face conversation, but we have exchanged emails and will likely see each other in public soon.
It's sad that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is earning its high school "letters" for 2009 as the Post-Disgrace. I'd suggest only giving it a "D" instead of "PD" --- it is too bad for the people who put in so much effort, time, and heart into their work, as Sylvester Brown Jr. has done. The next step for Lee Enterprises is easy to see: failure...bankruptcy.
Not surprisingly, St. Louis will soon be a city without a daily press --- but we will find news stories throughout the internet the day that the Post-Dispatch dies. Between the different columnists and writers and editors who are blogging, we can only surmise that someone will step forward and print some sort of daily paper within the next 24 months or so.
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