At what point do you start calling a few quiet defections over a change in management a mass exodus? Yesterday, longtime staff writer Mike Mosedale announced he's quitting his job at City Pages, joining a growing number of high-profile writers and editors who have departed after the New Times bought the paper's parent company and installed Kevin Hoffman as its new editor.
Mosedale has done it all at City Pages: cover stories on dog fighting and "mad scientist" bloggers, almost weekly "Viewmaster" photos capturing quirky details of Twin Cities life, blog posts about everything from the x-rated photos readers send him to the story of a vegan Art-a-Whirler who mistook his fishing bait -- chicken livers baked in the sun three days -- for a tray of hors d'oeuvres set out for hungry gallery hoppers. But yesterday, he told management it was coming to an end after nine years.
His exit follows that of senior editor Beth Hawkins last week, and earlier departures by writers Britt Robson and Chuck Terhark, columnist Jim Walsh (who was fired), and former editor Steve Perry.
"I was unhappy with Hoffman's editing approach (in my view, too heavy-handed) and I feared becoming one of those bitter gasbags who can't stop complaining about how much better things used to be in the old days," he said via e-mail last night. "For the record, I *do* think things were better in the old days. It's just not productive or healthy to dwell on."
Mosedale has done it all at City Pages: cover stories on dog fighting and "mad scientist" bloggers, almost weekly "Viewmaster" photos capturing quirky details of Twin Cities life, blog posts about everything from the x-rated photos readers send him to the story of a vegan Art-a-Whirler who mistook his fishing bait -- chicken livers baked in the sun three days -- for a tray of hors d'oeuvres set out for hungry gallery hoppers. But yesterday, he told management it was coming to an end after nine years.
His exit follows that of senior editor Beth Hawkins last week, and earlier departures by writers Britt Robson and Chuck Terhark, columnist Jim Walsh (who was fired), and former editor Steve Perry.
"I was unhappy with Hoffman's editing approach (in my view, too heavy-handed) and I feared becoming one of those bitter gasbags who can't stop complaining about how much better things used to be in the old days," he said via e-mail last night. "For the record, I *do* think things were better in the old days. It's just not productive or healthy to dwell on."
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