Comments on: Irresponsible copy-editing http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/irresponsible-copy-editing/ hmmn: musings from the far east(erwood) Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:42:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: seth http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/irresponsible-copy-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-460 seth Mon, 21 Apr 2003 01:33:37 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=266#comment-460 HEY! I was a real professional in the biz for three years! Keep in mind that, despite all evdience to the contrary, journalists - even the web-based ones - are people and do make mistakes. And if you really think that "these kind of mistakes rarely happen in print editions," boy have I got some funny stories for you. Yeah, it's a major mistake. The AP royally screwed the pooch on this one. But you'll never see the same scrutiny in online editions as in print, because there will never be a need for that many people to work on the same Web page. HEY! I was a real professional in the biz for three years! Keep in mind that, despite all evdience to the contrary, journalists – even the web-based ones – are people and do make mistakes.

And if you really think that “these kind of mistakes rarely happen in print editions,” boy have I got some funny stories for you.

Yeah, it’s a major mistake. The AP royally screwed the pooch on this one. But you’ll never see the same scrutiny in online editions as in print, because there will never be a need for that many people to work on the same Web page.

]]> By: S. Patrick Eaton http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/irresponsible-copy-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-459 S. Patrick Eaton Mon, 21 Apr 2003 00:39:24 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=266#comment-459 Heh. You would think that the workflow should be the same, regardless of the ultimate destination of the article. It takes the same resources to edit an article for print or for the Web. Perhaps, as Gomichild suggests, it is time for the AP to invest in a better Content Management System (and, of course, a better editor to go with it). Heh. You would think that the workflow should be the same, regardless of the ultimate destination of the article. It takes the same resources to edit an article for print or for the Web.

Perhaps, as Gomichild suggests, it is time for the AP to invest in a better Content Management System (and, of course, a better editor to go with it).

]]> By: gomichild http://www.easterwood.org/hmmn/2003/04/irresponsible-copy-editing/comment-page-1/#comment-458 gomichild Sun, 20 Apr 2003 05:11:54 +0000 http://72.18.130.52/~zxmarkxs/hmmn/?p=266#comment-458 When they are preapared to pay real professionals to do the work I guess.... When they are preapared to pay real professionals to do the work I guess….

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