Comments on: Save the sub-editor, dying species! http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/ now with extra source Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:00:38 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Katie http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12615 Katie Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12615 "...the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts."<br />George Orwell “…the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”
George Orwell

]]> By: john newton http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12616 john newton Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12616 The day I saw someone described as a 'Noble Prize' winner on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald was the day I realised that the subbie's day had come and gone. The day I saw someone described as a ‘Noble Prize’ winner on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald was the day I realised that the subbie’s day had come and gone.

]]> By: Angela Bell http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12617 Angela Bell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12617 As a retired sub-editor who spent 20 years at The Sydney Morning Herald, let me simply remind Fairfax managers that a quality newspaper is judged by its presentation as well as its reporting. As a retired sub-editor who spent 20 years at The Sydney Morning Herald, let me simply remind Fairfax managers that a quality newspaper is judged by its presentation as well as its reporting.

]]> By: Miranda http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12618 Miranda Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12618 sub-editors are on the nose everywhere including the New York Times that ran a piece by Martin Amis which included the line-" Americans were given a glimpse of the coming future". No-one seemed to spot that that is what the future does.Come. sub-editors are on the nose everywhere including the New York Times that ran a piece by Martin Amis which included the line-” Americans were given a glimpse of the coming future”. No-one seemed to spot that that is what the future does.Come.

]]> By: skink http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12619 skink Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12619 Sub-editors of the world, here's a Fairfax gem for you from their WAToday website blogs:<br /><br />you can play a little parlour game of 'spot the schoolboy error', or perhaps send a copy to your editor as proof of the need for your skills.<br /><br />http://blogs.watoday.com.au/theboomtownrat/2008/07/who_says_intere.html#comments Sub-editors of the world, here’s a Fairfax gem for you from their WAToday website blogs:

you can play a little parlour game of ‘spot the schoolboy error’, or perhaps send a copy to your editor as proof of the need for your skills.

http://blogs.watoday.com.au/theboomtownrat/2008/07/who_says_intere.html#comments

]]> By: Jonathan Este http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12620 Jonathan Este Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12620 I remember having to save a Fleet Street reporter from her assertion that a British actress had "won the ultimate accolade - an Oscar nomination". People forget - it ain't just typos and heads. I remember having to save a Fleet Street reporter from her assertion that a British actress had “won the ultimate accolade - an Oscar nomination”. People forget - it ain’t just typos and heads.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12621 Andrew Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12621 You absolutely must be kidding. Yeah, I'm a sub and lemme tellya, a few lawsuits over misspelt names and misplaced commas in profit projections and management will be crawling back wearing a potato sack.<br /><br />It never fails to amuse me that I'll find a story with a name spelt three different ways, timelines missing a few decades, websites that don't work and websites that do work if what you want is porn, correct all mistakes quietly and efficiently then have management tell me I'm expendable while patting the journo on the back.<br /><br />I can tell you for a fact however important you think subs are and however many mistakes you think they find, double that amount and you still won't be close. Why do you think four subs can read a page and still find mistakes? Most copy is like Swiss cheese and I'm pretty confident the writers never know and just assume they've gotten it right. Well, get rid of your wicket-keeper and have fun chalking up all those byes. You absolutely must be kidding. Yeah, I’m a sub and lemme tellya, a few lawsuits over misspelt names and misplaced commas in profit projections and management will be crawling back wearing a potato sack.

It never fails to amuse me that I’ll find a story with a name spelt three different ways, timelines missing a few decades, websites that don’t work and websites that do work if what you want is porn, correct all mistakes quietly and efficiently then have management tell me I’m expendable while patting the journo on the back.

I can tell you for a fact however important you think subs are and however many mistakes you think they find, double that amount and you still won’t be close. Why do you think four subs can read a page and still find mistakes? Most copy is like Swiss cheese and I’m pretty confident the writers never know and just assume they’ve gotten it right. Well, get rid of your wicket-keeper and have fun chalking up all those byes.

]]> By: pt singam http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12622 pt singam Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12622 So where does Crikey stand? Subs or no subs? So where does Crikey stand? Subs or no subs?

]]> By: Tony Berry http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12623 Tony Berry Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12623 It seems the subs have already deserted Crikey. Look at the business section below where companies turn from sngular to plural and back again in a couple of sentences. No decent sub would allow this. It seems the subs have already deserted Crikey. Look at the business section below where companies turn from sngular to plural and back again in a couple of sentences. No decent sub would allow this.

]]> By: W Aldworth http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/03/save-the-sub-editor-dying-species/#comment-12624 W Aldworth Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-12624 Who could forget the breathless announcement of a "first-ever inaugural" event.<br /><br />Bless. Who could forget the breathless announcement of a “first-ever inaugural” event.

Bless.

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