Less than two weeks after the northwest Arkansas newspapers merged into the Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, the ranks are still thinning. This time, however, it's from voluntary departures.
The Daily Record's Jeff Mores and the Morning News' Anna Fry are splitsville, both reportedly for new (read that "better") jobs.
If the sheer relief of still having a job, now that the dust has settled, is still not enough to keep these reporters in their preferred career field, then what has soured. Our sources say Mores quit and is headed to Fayetteville, which means he certainly can't still be in the newspaper business, and Fry, still working through her two-week notice, is on her way to public relations. All Crystal Bridges jokes aside, we wish them well and congratulate them on their escape from newspaper purgatory.
Word from the land of ink and paper says the newspaper company will turn first to those it laid off, who must certainly be more than ready to trust those who already booted them to the curb. It would, however, be a forced return, as refusal to rejoin the staff would result in loss of severance and unemployment.
Just my take: look for the "new" hires to come from the Morning News side, meaning the Daily Record is down to two news reporters, one sports writer, one photographer and one editor.
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