Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Barry / Media City Paper Names New Editor
Posted by Bruce Barry on Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM
George, a Louisville native, has been at LEO since 2005 and editor since May of 2008. He has also held down roles as staff writer, music editor, city editor, and managing editor. According to a SouthComm news release, George says he's "excited" to join a newsroom that covers the city "with the kind of energy and vigor to which I've become accustomed." In an email announcing the move, Liz Garrigan at SouthComm described George as "an aggressive news gatherer and source builder, an excellent craftsman and, not least, a really likeable guy."
He is also a really young guy, just 28, for crying out loud (although he looks at least 29 in the photo). But the Nashville fit looks like a natural: George is a musician who has done time in several bands, including The National Acrobat, which has had some influence on Louisville's indie scene. George tells Pith that as he's "aged" (yeah, please) his tastes have migrated a bit from punk to alt-country, although he still listens to the Ramones.
Comments (14)
Showing 1-14 of 14
And George also likes puppies, ballroom dancing and long walks on the beach. Good God: It's nice to see Bruce Barry's acerbic but clueless wit temporarily displaced by the giant sucking sound of his lips pressed against the ass of a new boss.
Hey Brouche: Grow a pair of 'nads, and tell us what SouthComm doesn't want us to know about the new guy. Or at least stop criticizing the Tennessean for administering the same kind of handjobbery to its new publisher.
like
dislike
I've heard he worships Satan, overuses semicolons and attended two Nickelback concerts.
1) Why is he leaving/was he taken away from Louisville, his home town that he knows so well?
2) Why have a publication editor who doesn't know our city and have to bring him up to speed?
3) What other shoes are about to drop at SouthComm?
1. I don't think leaving Louisville for Nashville is exactly a demotion.
2. Because he's really good.
3. Don't know of any shoes dropping. This is more like picking shoes up, to further an inexact metaphor.
look a that pic of him over at postpolitics. sideburns, guitar, black t-shirt, sunglasses atop head...why, he's just so dreamy!!!
Great comment Harrison - you just gave me a well needed chuckle, and besides that raise some good points.
At least tell us what crime he committed that resulted in that mug shot being taken!
