From the AP via Romenesko:

A daily newspaper in Lancaster [Penn.] fired its courthouse reporter after he posted anonymous opinions on the public-forum portion of his paper’s Web site, including comments critical of his own newspaper, the reporter said.

Justin Quinn said he was fired last month from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, where he had spent more than six years. He declined to discuss the content of his postings or confirm the name under which he contributed to the paper’s Talkback feature.

Editor Ray Shaw confirmed Quinn no longer worked at the newspaper but declined further comment regarding what he termed a personnel matter.

This follows the case of “Mike Koshi” — which got L.A. Times columnist Michael Hiltzkik suspended.