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Geoff Matthews has made his exit as Comment Editor at the Ottawa Sun and he was allowed to do so with a farewell column.

Geoff, a seven-year Sun Media staffer, says his exit from the Sun is "an opportunity to ply my trade somewhere else."

If you know where that "someone else" is, e-mail TSF.

"It's not easy saying goodbye. Not after nearly seven years at the Sun," Geoff wrote in his final column May 3.

"I can't tell you how many columns, editorials and stories I have written in those years. Some found general agreement, others harsh criticism. Some, I hope, made you stop and think. Hopefully many informed you.

"This one has the most simple message of them all: Goodbye and God bless all of you. "

Geoff's final day on the job was last Friday.

Yesterday, this Help Wanted ad was posted for a new Ottawa Sun Comment Editor.

Comment Editor

Ottawa Sun
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posted: May 10, 2007
Deadline: May 25, 2007
Salary: not stated

Description
The Ottawa Sun is looking for a Comment Editor.

The Comment Editor will edit and manage the local contributions to the Comment pages and work as a team member with Sun Media's national editors.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be a clever and creative writer and manager able to work under tight deadlines. The flexibility to write objective news stories and local current events opinion columns is essential.

Applicants should submit a resume and a cover letter (stating you found this job on Jeff Gaulin's Journalism Job Board):

Mitchell Axelrad, Managing Editor
Ottawa Sun
6 Antares Drive, Phase 3
Ottawa , ON K2E 8A9

E-mail: mitchell.axelrad@sunmedia.ca.