It seems like Steve Maviglio, the Communications Guru of choice for left-wing Assembly Speakers, is the also the messenger of death when it comes to the end of Capitol reporters, and their jobs!  Just a few weeks ago Steve blogged on the decision by the Stockton Record to vanquish veteran Capitol reporter Hank Shaw.  Today Steve shares more bad news with the decision by the Oakland Tribune to let go of its veteran Capitol Reporter — Steve Geissinger.  As Maviglio points out, Geissinger is the head of the Capitol Correspondents Association — or he was until now.  The Tribune will still have access to other MediaNews correspondents from the Contra Costa Times and San Jose Mercury News.

It’s too bad about Steve.  Like with Shaw, Steve has a knack for great reporting, and his contributions to the mix will be sorely missed.

So I guess there will be two types of people avoiding Maviglio now…  The first being taxpayers, for whom Steve only delivers bad news.  The other — anxious Capitol reporters who perhaps don’t want to jinx themselves!

This entry was posted on Monday, June 30th, 2008 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.