(2) She didn’t say anything about whining in this post — that, apparently, was in another post. In fact, though, I too believe that veteran journalists should stop whining and start figuring out what’s next. Newspapers have been in a slow downspin for as long as I’ve been a professional journalist, which is getting close to 30 years now. I worked in a daily newsroom for over a decade and left for the Web 13 years ago because I could see what was coming. I’m sorry it’s taken so many people so long to see the slow train barreling down the tracks at them, but now it’s here.

(3) I have no idea whether the editor’s plan is any good or not. I linked to the post mostly because I found the discussion interesting.

If you know that the editor’s plan is doomed, why don’t you tell us what you think a dying newspaper should do? And please don’t just say “they should do their jobs, cover their beats better and break more stories.” Because this is an economic problem, not a journalistic one.

1. The main line from her speech apparently was regurgitated from another manager.

2. The intern said veteran journalists should “stop whining.”

3. The editor’s plan is the same destined-to-fail roll of the dice other newsrooms have attempted. It’s not new. It’s not innovative.

People who write books should know how to get facts. Perhaps you should write fiction, as you’ve done here.