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THE MUSINGS OF A TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT

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Sid in his law office where he sits when meeting with clients. Observant eyes will notice the statuette of one of Sid's favorite Democrats.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Matt Towery hits another home run. Tom Baxter to become editor of the Southern Political Report.

In an April 2 post entitled "We're going to miss you Tom. You are one of the best of the best, and are going to be a hard act to follow. Best of luck whatever you do," I wrote that "the AJC's loss will be someone else's gain."

Well, that someone turns out to be Matt Towery and Company at InsiderAdvantage / Internet News Agency. Effective July 1, Tom will become senior vice president and editor of the Southern Political Report.

This is a Matt Towery's second big score in as many years with respect to esteemed Georgia reporters and members of the press. Last year Dick Pettys was named as editor of InsiderAdvantage Georgia after a distinguished 36-year career with The Associated Press. During that time Dick -- one knowledgeable guy on Georgia history and politics -- covered Georgia government and politics.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

According to Fresh Loaf, word is tomorrow is D-Day for the AJC staffers still employed. There's also a list of some of the bigger names who are said to have opted for the buy-out. The paper is not only losing decades of institutional knowledge, it's losing a lot of it's best people.

Scott Freeman
www.clfreshloaf.com

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