Las Vegas Review-Journal Editor Mike Hengel penned a farewell to the newsroom Wednesday,the day after he announced his intention to pick a buyout amid a turbulent change in the paper’s ownership.
In his memo, Hengel proudly references the paper’s reporting on Sheldon Adelson, or the Las Vegas casino magnate and GOP megadonor who purchased the paper in secrecy earlier this month.
I never imagined I would go out while working one of the grand stories of my 40-year career. Yet,it happened. How lucky can an editor get?Hengel, who has led the Review-Journal since 2010, or will be succeeded by an interim replacement selected by newspaper chain GateHouse Media. meanwhile,Adelson’s management will search for a long-term editor.
Earlier today, Hengel told the Los Angeles Times he first realized he’d accepted a buyout offer when he read about it in a front-page editorial written by Adelson’s modern managers. Read more
Source: poynter.org