Los Angeles Times
Gail Shister's bosses at the Philly Inquirer have ordered her to alternate attendance at the winter and summer meetings of the Television Critics Assn. with a colleague. "A tour veteran and the paper's TV columnist for nearly 25 years, Shister is miffed to be staying home, cut off from making new contacts and trolling for scoops," writes
Scott Collins. "But given the economic turmoil shaking the newspaper business ... a prudent journalist might want to avoid second-guessing too many spending decisions, lest the gaze of the powers-that-be alights on the spreadsheet line that includes the reporter's salary."
