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The challenge laid down in the post Copy Editing: Who Are We, Anyway:
I did take the questions to my editor.
He answered them.
You can do it too.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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The future of newspapers, copy editing, and how it all relates, like everything else, to department stores
Our Motto
"If current trends continue indefinitely, a man will run the mile in zero seconds. Current trends never continue indefinitely." -- Peter Mucha
Our Name
"That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!" -- Humphrey Bogart as crusading editor Ed Hutcheson in "Deadline -- U.S.A." (1952)
Our Belief
"As an industry we have to make print work. Or we won't be an industry for long." -- John Duncan
When Shopping Was Grand
... and newspapers were cool. Walking through the doors of L.S. Ayres & Co., 1 W. Washington St., was like entering a palace. (Photo by beccafromportland)
Behind the Curtain
Written by David Sullivan, a full-time journalist since 1975, involved in copy editing for most of that time. A newspaper journalist in Philadelphia, a native of Indiana, a resident of New Jersey, secretary of ACES, a former SPJ chapter president, a believer in the possibilities of print journalism and a member of the newspaper optimists club, as Juan Giner puts it. And someone whose idea of fun is to take a week to research the history of department stores in places like Altoona and Hammond.
NOTE: The views expressed here are mine and have no connection to Philadelphia Media Network Inc. except through coincidence.
NOTE: The views expressed here are mine and have no connection to Philadelphia Media Network Inc. except through coincidence.
Link List
Fellow Copy Editors
- Common Sense Journalism by Doug Fisher
- Mike Billings' Copy Editing Corner
- You Don't Say by John McIntyre
- The Editor's Desk by Andy Bechtel
- Testy Copy Editors, moderated by Phillip Blanchard
- Words to the Wise by Kathy Schenck
- Brian White's Talk Wordy to Me
- The Slot by Bill Walsh
- Watch Yer Language by Craig Lancaster
America's Greatest Journalism Organization
Thinking About Journalism
- Juan Giner's Innovations in Newspapers
- Romenesko
- John Duncan's The Inksniffer
- Charles Apple's Visual Journalists
- International Newspaper Marketing Assoc.
- Reflections of a Newsosaur by Alan Mutter
- Mario Garcia's Print Case Studies
- The Media Business by Robert Picard
- Mark Potts' Recovering Journalist
- Matters of Varying Insignificance by John Zhu
- William Hartnett of the Palm Beach Post
- Off Message by Bill Powers
- Rogue Columnist by Jon Talton
- Mark Friesen's NewsDesigner
- Pat Thornton's Journalism Iconoclast
- John Robinson's Editor's Log in Greensboro
- Howard Owens
- Nancy Nall (formerly of the News-Sentinel)
Looks at Old Department Stores
2 comments:
Hi:
Thanks for the shout-out!
Your post got me thinking: The opportunity for newspapers is to do analysis -- not hey, we were at the meeting type of journalism (which too often is the case).
I'll use my own neighborhood in Brooklyn as an example. There is a lot going on regarding the Super Fund status of the Gowanus canal. While I'm not too interested in local meetings, I would love an in-depth analysis of how Super Fund status would affect my living situation.
Why don't you post the answers, tough guy?
Then let's see how many other copy editors do the same thing. I doubt very many have the guts to do so.
And even if they do, it's WAY TOO LATE in the game for this stuff.
Thanks for playing, David.
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