Comments on: A programming note from city and politics reporter Mason Adams

By: Rich Martin

Rich Martin — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:39:23 +0000

Mason:

Just heard that you were leaving the paper. I know they’re sorry to see you go. Best of luck in your new venture. It sounds like a great opportunity. It was good seeing and talking with you this summer.

Rich

By: Rupert

Rupert — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:30:13 +0000

Mason, let’s get together for a birding hike soon and talk about all this. You are a very talented guy and Floyd County is lucky to win your services. Best of luck. Rupe Cutler

By: Sandi Saunders

Sandi Saunders — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:36:32 +0000

Best of luck to you Mason, you will be missed; and your kind words about the other RT reporters and editors is a truly selfless and gentlemanly thing to say. Your dad would be very proud of you right now IMO.

By: Mason Adams

Mason Adams — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:47:18 +0000

@1 Art Hill:

I appreciate the nice words, but I’d argue that there’s as much if not more talent coming in the doors at the Roanoke Times than there is going out. The newsroom not only has several key long-timers who carry a lot of institutional knowledge, but it’s also been flush with a cadre of enthusiastic young reporters and staffers who have really thrown themselves into the business.

The Roanoke Times has always served as a stepping stone for ambitious reporters (like Monica Davey who covered the Jens Soering trial and then went on to work for the New York Times, or more recently Katelyn Polantz who briefly covered Roanoke County before getting hired at PBS NewsHour), and I suspect you’ll see some of the reporters here now eventually end up at larger publications.

I’m regularly impressed by the energy and skills that these newer reporters bring to the business. They not only can report and write — they can shoot photos, edit video and write computer code. The newspaper business as a whole is having a tough time right now, but I think they’ve got a bright future.

– Mason Adams

By: Janet Demiray

Janet Demiray — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:26:39 +0000

I wish you the best of luck I. Your new cared, Mason. The themes you raise in describing the work you will be doing at SustainFloyd dovetail very well with the recent Congressional campaign of 9 th District Democratix challenger Anthony Flaccavento. I only wish that the Roanoke Times and other SW Virginia media had given more attention to his thoughtful,reality-based campaign. Efforts like SustainFloyd will succeed only when
public policy changes from favoring corporate interests and makes damaging our natural environment and short hanging our hardworking 99 per cent ultimately unprofitable.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:39:21 +0000

Good luck, and I look forward to reading your new endeavors.

By: belle

belle — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:28:53 +0000

Best of luck to you Mason. You will be greatly missed. I hope that your replacement has your talent. I will miss your pieces that focus on history and such. Current events are available wide spread, but your little pieces brought an eclectic spin to the Caucus.

By: Noah

Noah — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:59:18 +0000

GOD SPEED, Mason. You are a good man.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:16:35 +0000

Mason,

Good luck with your next adventure. Now how do I convince the Times to give me your old job with no reporting experience.

By: Another Chuck

Another Chuck — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:36:19 +0000

I’m not sure how you would quantify effectiveness in a job like that, or even why it’s needed. But, I wish you good luck in your pursuits.