On the Job
Somerville did allow, though, that Humboldt County’s media-rich market has its own challenges. “You know as well as I do that there’s only so much advertising revenue to go around in a rural market like this,” he said. “So every additional company or news outlet that tries to survive on advertising is going to get a smaller piece of the pie.”
Meanwhile, there’s at least one open position in Somerville’s newsroom: Photo Editor Mark McKenna was abruptly fired on Friday. Somerville said that he couldn’t speak to the specifics of the case, it being a personnel matter.
Reached Tuesday morning, McKenna didn’t seem to be sweating his change of circumstances. He’d already lined up a one-off gig to shoot a five-day beer festival in Hawaii, and had a long list of leads for the future. He was just about to drive down to the City to catch his friends’ band’s show. He said they’d just signed with legendary producer Rick Rubin.
“I’m saying, ‘Listen, dude, let me take some photos and you show them to the Rickster,’” McKenna told us. “Because I wanna photograph rock stars and get paid fat bank for it.”
Which would certainly be a change of pace from the T-S in more ways than one.
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Railroad!
Proposed lines ‘set rich blood a-tingling’ in early 1900s
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Exposing this east-west rail nonsense
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Undeterred Will
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Wish Lists
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The Train Geeks Return
Today
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Flow 2012 Fashion Show
STAFF PICK / events / 8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Student designed and produced clothing. Fundraiser for Arcata Arts Institute. $35/$25 students. artsinstitute.net. 822-1220.
Woodside Preschool's Rummage/Bake Sale
events / 8 a.m.-noon. Woodside Preschool, 900 Hodgson St, Eureka. www.woodsidepreschool.com. 445-9132.
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
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