Tierney Takes Voluntary Redundancy

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• "Ooooh, Reekie, why so angry? Murph only asked for a tap."
  magnet 31/05/2008
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• "You can get a tap, plug and the full bath if you want, if it means getting rid of the JournoLite Polly Fillas on that paper."
  Reekie1 31/05/2008
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• "Reekie are you suggesting Tierney's magazine colleagues work for pin money? Tut tut."
  genesis1 28/05/2008
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• "Sunny, I have to correct your assertion that Michael Tierney is not God. He is merely godlike, as his alias wemuststrike would no doubt testify.Meanwhile, II'm still waiting to hear from all the admirers of his journalism "of which there are many'. Go on, Mike,you have already shown us your medals, show us your fan letters too"
  bored3 27/05/2008
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• "There are any number of pisspoor Polly Fillas on that paper who would be kicked out were it not for the fact they work only for pin money."
  Reekie 27/05/2008
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• "Good point, well made."
  madcat 27/05/2008
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• "Michael Tierney may be leaving but what everyone seems to be forgetting is that The Herald Magazine still has a team of very talented writers. Susan Swarbrick is a good 10 years Tierney's junior and really starting to shine in recent years, not to forget the creative genius of Teddy Jamieson."
  lordmajor 27/05/2008
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• "No disrespect to Michael Tierney - he is a gifted writer, but he aint god. And clearly the senior executives at The Herald don't think so either, otherwise they would simply have refused him redundancy - as they've done with others whose departure they'd felt would impact too much on what they must know themselves is a dimishing product. I've hardly seen an article by Tierney these last few years anyway - so whehter or not he stayed wouldn't influence my decision to buy it. I don't want to take away from his obvious achievements, but I personally prefer the writing of The Herald's sports guy Hugh MacDonald, David Pratt at the Sunday Herald and especially Catherine Deveney - Tierney's friendly rival at SOS. She churns out decent features consistently week after week - and still comes up with similar trumps at the press awards. Respect to her!"
  Sunny 27/05/2008
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• "I thought Tierney had left years ago. You never saw his stuff in the paper"
  Roger Ramjet 27/05/2008
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• "The departure of Tierney brings to mind the departure a few yeears back of Jim McLean, who as Arts Corr, was also a multi award winning news journalist (Scottish Journalist of the Year twice and some other health award from when he worked at the Daily Record.) What's more, McLean regularly hit front page exclusives and generate loads of ideas - something the Herald now largely fails on. Any good newspaper editor would battle to save these sorts of people. The fact they cannot be kept and do go condemns the editors...who should be forced to resign for the good of the newspaper."
  comic 27/05/2008
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• "I totally agree Refugee. But if the editors took a stand and resigned it would force the company to change their failing ways. But judging by your obvious implication that Tierney is sparing and merely 'competent' in his work - it's called quality - clearly you probably think any old crap is good enough to go in the paper, and any docile editor is fit to run it. There is only one big picture: No reader or advertiser wants to pay for a poor product and that is exactly what is currently on offer at the news stand. Newsquest doesn't believe this argument. They are simply wrong and the proof is in the falls seen in monthly ABC returns. The market has made its judgment on the Herald's mediocre - and getting worse - content. And as for the childish posts of bored2 and avram, I am but an admirer of Tierney's journalism, of which there are many."
  wemuststrike 27/05/2008
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• "John Smith, are you an Evening Times sub? Please learn the difference between it's and its..."
  lordcardigan 26/05/2008
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• "I can see your point. If Tierney isn't wemuststrike, he should arrange a date with him/her fast, and bring a tissue to wipe up wemuststrike;s drool"
  avram 26/05/2008
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• "i'm amused to see that Tierney's wonderful writing extends to penning the post from wemuststrike. perhaps if he had spent more time writing more features rather than polishing the few he does write so they appeal to awards judges he would have a bit more credibility"
  bored2 26/05/2008
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• "The state of the Herald Magazine reflects the state of Newsquest in Scotland. With it's best writer leaving, it's award winning designer having left last year, it's picture editor off with stress and various other staff members 'very pi**ed off' where now for the once excellent magazine? The only budget available is for free articles and pictures meanwhile the Yankee shareholders cream off the profits. Bets now open on the Herald and Scotsman merging within 5 years."
  John Smith 26/05/2008
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• "I'm sure Michael Tierney is a good competent writer - and no doubt some on the press awards' judging panel will miss the couple of articles he produces annually. However I think you are being unfair to the editors at The Herald Group. You should look at the bigger picture. While I don't agree with all their editorial decisions - it's difficult for anyone trying to run a paper and maintain, let alone improve, its quality in the midst of such swingeing constant cost-cutting. Something has to give."
  Refugee 26/05/2008
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• "Michael is The Herald's most decorated writer, not merely an award winner. This is a guy who won the Martha Gellhorn Prize, arguably the highest accolade in print journalism, little more than a year ago. He writes with intelligence, emotion and incredible precision, allowing a reader to see a story in vivid detail rather than mere words on paper. At the time he won the Gellhorn Prize Herald editor Charles McGhee rightly praised Michael's achievement. The reality is that Michael won the award in spite of the Herald's cynical approach to journalism, not because of any so called values. His decision to take voluntary redundancy says it all about the shambolic state of the Herald and its sister papers. It is an ouftit uninterested in writing and journalism in general. Its editors are third rate, out of their depth and incapable of turning around products which are fast falling apart before our eyes. Michael Tierney will go on to do great things if that is his wish, because he has talent in abundance. The Herald will continue to slide into oblivion unless someone is brought in to save it fast. In the last few months it has become a very unfunny national joke and Michael clearly does not want to be part of the encore."
  wemuststrike 26/05/2008
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