Jeff Good, hired by the Burlington news and arts weekly in September, will leave the paper April 8, according to the publication, roughly five months after beginning work in November.
Good is returning to work for the media group that owns the Valley News, where Good served as editor before joining Seven Days. He will become executive editor of four newspapers in western Massachusetts: the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the Recorder, the Amherst Bulletin and the Valley Advocate, according to Seven Days columnist Paul Heintz.
“My time at Seven Days, while short, has been rich,” Good said. “I’ve had a blast working with the news writers, who are a deeply talented bunch. And I have learned a ton from Paula Routly, Pamela Polston and the rest of the staff about operating a feisty alt-weekly. I will leave with those lessons in my back pocket — and with the deepest respect for the people at Seven Days.”
Seven Days publisher Paula Routly said she was “disappointed” in losing Good.
“The job was more hands-on and in-the-trenches than I think Jeff realized going in,” Routly said in an email. “He wanted to write cover stories and strategize — big picture stuff. The reality of this job is you walk away from your desk, and you’ve got 40 unread emails when you get back. That’s not what Jeff wanted to be dealing with at this point in his career. Everyone really enjoyed working with him — and I think he felt the same about us. We’re disappointed, of course, but it just wasn’t a good fit.”
This article was updated at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
