{"id":6922,"date":"2015-02-24T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2015-02-24T17:11:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T23:11:02","slug":"sun-times-loses-tv-critic-lori-rackl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/02\/24\/sun-times-loses-tv-critic-lori-rackl\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun-Times loses TV critic Lori Rackl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Lori Rackl<\/p><\/div>\n

In a big loss for readers of the Sun-Times<\/a> and discerning viewers of television, Lori Rackl is stepping down as the newspaper\u2019s last TV critic.<\/p>\n

Rackl said Tuesday she has applied for a buyout under a sweeping cost-cutting<\/a> plan offered to staffers of the financially troubled daily. Her last day on the job will be Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen management offered buyouts, it felt like the right time for me to pull the ripcord,\u201d she said. \u201cI don't know where I'll land. But I do know that, for the most part, it's been a fun ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

An earlier post<\/a> here Tuesday misstated no columnists or critics had applied for buyouts, according to sources at the Sun-Times. In fact Rackl was the only one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope enough people took the buyouts so those who may not have the luxury of leaving can keep their jobs,\u201d Rackl said. \u201cThe newsroom is a lot smaller than when I got there in 2004. But it's still full of hard-working, talented journalists asked to do more with less on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

With her departure, the Sun-Times is expected to eliminate the position of TV critic from its staff. The Chicago Tribune<\/a> abolished the job in 2010 after the resignation of Maureen Ryan.<\/p>\n

A graduate of Addison Trail High School and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rackl joined the Sun-Times in 2004 after 11 years as a reporter at the Daily Herald.<\/a> She was named travel editor in 2007 and promoted to TV critic in 2011. She is married to Sun-Times reporter Chris Fusco.<\/p>\n

\u201cI've been on the staff of a daily newspaper for more than 20 years,\u201d Rackl said. \u201cI've had a lot of beats over the course of my career: suburban government, consumer affairs, health, travel (my favorite) and, most recently, TV critic. I've also seen a lot of changes in the business \u2014 changes that made it clear to me that I probably won't retire in the only industry I've ever known.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to have been a part of the paper, and I wish nothing but the best for my soon-to-be-former colleagues,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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