sub-editors
Ignorance of tech is not an excuse, journalists Paid Members Public
Some things just bring out my inner sub-editor. Take, for example, this tweet: > Also according to @brightonargus [https://twitter.com/brightonargus] I uploaded a 'snatch' to my 'blogsite'… http://t.co/2b5taNjiY1 LOL— Beth Granter (@bethgranter) January 13, 2014 [https://twitter.com/bethgranter/statuses/422761419944099840]
Is Andrew Marr getting very pretentious... Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/10/andremarr.png] …or does a sub on the *Telegraph*‘s iPad edition need their knuckles rapped?
Links for the Weekend Ahead Paid Members Public
Because, let’s face it, there’s no way you should be reading this on a Friday evening. 🙂 * Steve Yelvington has a very useful guide to seven things you need to bear in mind while developing communities [http://www.yelvington.com/content/09-20-2009/seven-keys-building-healthy-online-community] . * Joanna Geary breaks here blog silence
A CMS wish list Paid Members Public
* Covers all stages of the workflow, from something being commissioned to it being published (in print or on the web) * Is happy with copy, print layout, web page layout, and images (as well as other media) * Shows the relationship (if any) between these elements, and between print and web versions
Subbing in the Age of Live Stories Paid Members Public
Karl’s busy responding to comments on his post about subbing [http://fallingoffablog.typepad.com/falling_off_a_blog/2009/02/to-sub-or-not-to-sub.html] . But I think he saved the most important bit of his post for last: > One of the differences between the web and print media is that
Greenslade: The Sub-Editor is Redundant Paid Members Public
Roy Greenslade, writing on his *Guardian *blog, paints a far harsher picture of the future of the sub-editor [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/feb/13/national-newspapers-local-newspapers] than Karl did in his post [http://fallingoffablog.typepad.com/falling_off_a_blog/2009/02/the-web-production-desk.html] : > So I
How to Write Great Web Headlines Paid Members Public
A couple of subbing-inclined colleagues of mine here at RBI have been running a great blog for the language love called The Engine Room [http://engineroomblog.blogspot.com/] for a while now, even though one of them has finally escaped the fabled brown towers of Sutton. Now, I have even
Journalists Versus Sub-Editors: It's War Paid Members Public
First of all, Giles Coren unleashed the rage [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/23/mediamonkey] so many journalists have felt when subs thoughtlessly butcher their copy. The subs then struck back with a slightly whiny complaint about his rude language [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/
