After one day on the job, North Coast Journal Editor and International Media Relations Chief Humboldt Bureau Investigative Senior Hybrid Editor Journalist in Chief Charles Douglas was terminated today, the latest victim of what one local media outlet referred to as “Judge Judy’s Journalist Meat Grinder.”
The Chuck D regime got off to a rocky start Thursday when, during a company-wide meeting designed to allow the Journal staff to meet their new leader, Douglas laid out his plan to transform the paper into a vehicle to promote WWE-style professional wrestling matches between local political and media figures. After Douglas leapt onto a conference table in the Journal‘s offices to demonstrate the Cobra Clutch on bemused staff writer Heidi Walters, publisher Judy Hodgson pulled the plug on the experiment.
“Our visions for what a community paper should be clashed.” Hodgson said. “Plus, he was no match for my triple Pinot Grigio Suplex.”
As reported in the Arcata Eye, former former editor Ryan Burns had taken a position with Lost Coast Communications where he would have reportedly acted as program director to a new 24/7 RUSH (the band, not the Limbaugh) station. However, upon hearing the news of Douglas’ sudden dismissal, Burns has begrudgingly returned to the Journal, as interim acting provisional editor.
Calls to Douglas’ public relations manager, Nick Bravo, were not coherently returned.
This article appears in Shipping Jobs to China?.
Longest title ever.
I heard Charles is going to the Tri-Weekly.
“Longest title ever.”
We had to cut it down.
April Fool’s, right?
Well-played, my dears.
Curses! Just when my devious plans were about to be realized…I’m here at HumBrews drowning my sorrows if any of my liver-impaired ex-colleagues would like to join me.
I LOVED this!
Y’all can buy into this if you want, but I’m not abate to buy it.
where i come from (faaar away), april fool’s ends at noon on the dot.
so it must be true!
Very funny. If only reality at the NCJ wasn’t just as wacky as is Fools Day. Perhaps Judy’s calendar has been stuck on April 1 for the past few years. Nope not possible, nobody could make this stuff up.
LOL
Couldn’t you just filter comments that include “Thanx for it”?
Man, Charles really doesn’t get it, does he?
Man, this article and this article have me relieved April Fools is finally over. Thank goodness.
Pub. Judy, Ed. Pro Tem Ryan, Chief Charles, Nicky B, and all the NCJ staff, have a good remainder of the year. The latest issue looks good and we wish you all the best from the gang. Cheers for April 2nd!
Peace…. skippy
I have been giggling in a fit of epic laughter for hours over this.
…not coherently returned.
@ anon THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Because all of my enemies want to see me dead I almost considered moving away but I keep getting people on the street approach me and thank me for my show and challenging the ruling class here in Humboldt.
My facebook account was recently hacked because I had the nerve to call out Greg Casagrande.
I will not be stopped, not by Hoover, not by Greg, not by anyone who wants to silence truth.
WINNING!