SFist: The Bay Guardian 'Does It Right'?!

guest

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:19:08 -0800

Indeed, we've neglected in-depth professional cycling coverage in exchange for the costly pull-out of global cricket scores we run each week. That's part of our ongoing effort to compete directly with the BBC. Our investors are a little anxious about the strategy, but they'll probably be pleased in the end. It's that or layoffs. Tally (or Tali, as it's spelled, but no need to split hairs) left for the East Coast quite a long time ago. When I first showed up here for a Guardian internship from Lawrence, Kan. (just after graduation with hardly a dime) I worked full time at a natural-foods store that was eventually shut down (we'll call it the "incident at Noe Valley"). Things weren't easy, but there's not a lot of money in this biz generally (no infinite budget for coke, scarves and comically large sunglasses, that's for sure). There's still some fun to be had, however, even if the industry seems to sometimes be committing ritualistic suicide. -G.W. Schulz

haplito

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:57:14 -0800

Does that feckless dreck Tally Woodward still write for them? Let's be honest - there's not one decent publication in this city. I can't fathom why such a well-heeled, artsy, liberal, and well-educated market doesn't drive these garbage rags out of business. Minneapolis and St. Paul have 4 papers that are better than anything in San Francisco. Granted, West Coast papers are pretty bad across the board; but given the huge number of transplants here it doesn't make sense that we don't have something better.

fizzandpop

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:39:57 -0800

Their Tour de France coverage is spotty at best, non-existant at worst.

guest

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:25:57 -0800

The writers they pay they underpay. The also have a bunch of unpaid "interns" (many of whom are not current/recent/near future students) working for them. This ensures that the news room is filled with those who can afford to live in San Francisco without a salary.

guest

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:15:13 -0800

The Guardian underpays their writers and thumbs their nose up at any criticism of their paper. To boot, they're didactic, boring, and they use sex to sell ads. IF that's being progressive, sign me up for the John Birch Society.