Brian Immel

photographer. programmer. producer.

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Layoffs, Lost Potential and Advice for Beancounters

Oct 4

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First off, if you haven’t already heard, The Spokesman-Review (my current employer) laid off about 25 people from the newsroom Wednesday (read about it here). But wait, there’s more: a handful of unknown managers are also expected to be let go in the coming weeks, Editor-in-Chief Steve Smith resigned and, oh yeah, I happen to be one of the lucky 25.

Post apocalyptic aftermath at The Spokesman-Review following news of myself and 24 other damn fine journalists getting the boot. No it's not my finest photographic work, but you know it really wasn't best the time to get low and let that light fall into the lens.

The post-apocalyptic aftermath at The Spokesman-Review, following news of myself and 24 other damn fine journalists getting the boot. (It's not my finest photographic work but, in my defense, it really wasn't the best time to get low and let that light fall into the lens.)

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Life lived in the Cone of Silence

Aug 26

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What I’ve learned in the last few weeks at work is to just keep your head down. Keep doing your work and ignore the fires around you.

Change is a commin, but rumors brew faster than change. As rumors acting as rumors do, they are fantastic and are exciting – very much like a fairy tale that you were led to believe was true as a child.

Eventually reality will hit. Santa Clause is not real and the fairy tale will die. The question becomes do you want to live the lie and embrace the possibility, or do you want to keep doing your thing in the middle of traffic and risk getting hit by a car. Personally I’ve chosen the latter. Read the rest of this entry »

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