The shuttering of the StarPhoenix newsroom — reporters will now work remotely on a permanent basis — ends a long history in the location.
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We’ve come unmoored from this place, with its abandoned desks and empty offices. Silence, silence everywhere. We’ve published since 1902, and history is thick here. Saskatoon’s story, from inception to now, is scattered across the building: Far-flung filing cabinets are stuffed with photos, century-old newspapers, ancient press releases, and folders containing clips and pictures of various local newsmakers through the decades.
We received threats, had a few scary incidents, and also had people stop by with donations for our Sporting Christmas campaign. A barbershop quartet sang there, to the applause of staff. Men and women would climb those stairs, and tell us about an injustice or an unusual happening, hoping for a listening ear and somebody to tell a story they held dear.
The StarPhoenix paid $11 million for that towering Goss press in 1999, imported it from France to replace the old Crabtree press, and since then it’s done what every other press we’ve ever owned did: Reflect our city, rumble by mighty rumble, with ink and paper. The City of Saskatoon’s archives will take a good portion of what we’ve got, particularly on the photo end, which is a good and comforting thing.
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