Another Capitol Press Corps Layoff

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Media consolidation has claimed yet another member of the Capitol press corps today.
 
Steve Geissinger, the long-time Oakland Tribune writer and the paper's Sacramento bureau chief, is the latest layoff victim. The layoff ends the newspaper's presence in Sacramento, though it will continue to share articles with other newspapers in the MediaNews publishing group, namely the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times.
 
Geissinger is one of the senior members of the press corps and president of the Capitol Correspondents Association. I recently worked with him on some delicate negotiations involving the press credentialing of bloggers, and first met him when I was the press secretary for Gov. Gray Davis. Steve often picked up stories that others wouldn't touch; his most recent blockbuster involved the state lottery. He'll be missed.