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Oct. 29, 2011: Why PaidContent.org needs a copy editor

PaidContent.org — a site owned by Guardian News that provides “global coverage on the economics of digital content” — needs a copy editor to keep it from inserting questionable links into its news stories. Friday, the site posted a story about the consolidation going on at Cox Media Group. The story quoted my own story from Thursday night, which is [...]

July 12, 2011: Let’s take a moment to thank my webmaster, Daniel Hunt (2)

I’d like to take a brief pause from my blogging and my freelance work this evenng to give thanks to Daniel Hunt of Santa Ana, Calif. Dan is a) A copy editor and page designer for the Orange County Register, b) A national board member for ACES, the American Copy Editors Society. And c) As webmaster for ACES, he’s the [...]

May 6, 2011: A blog reader asks: Were this week’s bin Laden fronts overplayed? (7)

Tuesday afternoon, I received the following message. And man, did it make me stop and think. After pondering it, off and on over two days, I finally composed a reply last night and sent it off just now. I’m also posting it here. Let’s see what you think. First the letter and then my reply — which, yes, will quote [...]

May 2, 2011: Sorry, all circuits are busy… (2)

So, after staying up ungodly hours last night — bringing you preliminary and low-resolution newspaper front pages in progress, purloined from every Twitter and Facebook feed I could find — my plan today was to get up early and compile a collection of the best Osama bin Laden fronts from around the U.S. Ah, well. Best-laid plans and all that. [...]

Nov. 27, 2010: Why college alumni magazines need copy editors (2)

College alumni magazines need copy editors to keep them from making mistakes like this one by University of North Carolina -Asheville: Wow. I mean… Wow. Luke, of course, did change jobs back in June. He moved from the Arizona Republic of Phoenix to the Boston Globe. I can only assume the alumni folks took their info from this blog post [...]

Oct. 19, 2010: Everything I’ve learned the hard way, here in the blog: 10 tips for bloggers (4)

A Facebook friend wrote recently: Hi, Charles… I hope all is well on your side. I enjoy reading your blog, as I once worked in [the print] sector. I am more interested now in becoming an interactive producer. I was interested in starting a blog on all that is digital: written, social networking and broadcasting — things that interest me. [...]

Sept. 9, 2010: Covering the Koran burners, part two (6)

Update: Ha! Moot point. The event has been canceled! — Last night, I made an admittedly absurd suggestion: How about all the newspapers and TV news operations simply not cover the preacher in Florida who says he’ll burn copies of the Koran this week? By making huge news out of this story, our entire industry has been a party to [...]

Sept. 8, 2010: A visit from Jim McBee (2)

My old pal Jim McBee is in the process of moving from Bluffton, S.C. to Casper Wyo., where he’ll begin work next week as assistant news editor of the Star-Tribune. He’s taking the scenic route on his trip out west, however. Tuesday — only the first day of his cross-continent voyage — found him here at blog headquarters in Virginia [...]

July 19, 2010: The evils — and joys — of Search Engine Optimization

It was with great interest that I read Gene Weingarten‘s piece in the Washington Post this week about search-engine optimization and the effect that still-emerging science has had on the declining art of headline writing. In case you didn’t see it, Weingarten mentions great headlines of the past… …including this one, when the Senate failed to convict President Clinton: CLOSE [...]

July 12, 2010: Same old blog. Brand new location. (13)

Hello, world! You’re now looking at my new blogging home on the web. Spiffy, ain’t it? The credit for building this blog all goes to my good pal Daniel Hunt of the Orange County Register. He’s the webmaster for ACES, the American Copy Editors Society. Daniel and me, April 2009 in West Chester, Pa. — And yeah, he’s good. And [...]