Proofreading is a dying art
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It's dying because of huge staff cutbacks in every corner of the newsroom. Everything is done ultra-fast, usually on the fly, without backup, and in any profession that's how mistakes happen.
The journalism industry has been hit extremely hard by downsizing. Now, writers shoot [censored] photos, photographers write incomplete captions, headlines and content in general are vetted only with spell-check for the most part. Sad, really.
The journalism industry has been hit extremely hard by downsizing. Now, writers shoot [censored] photos, photographers write incomplete captions, headlines and content in general are vetted only with spell-check for the most part. Sad, really.
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The favoritism shown by journalsist local and national is a major reason why they are loosing money. I can't recallt he survey but IIRC it was a Rasmusthem or Quinnipiac which showed trust in major media (ABC,CBS,NBC, NYT, Etc...) as only lagging behind Congress!! That says quite a bit.
Originally Posted By: KlooksKleek
It's dying because of huge staff cutbacks in every corner of the newsroom. Everything is done ultra-fast, usually on the fly, without backup, and in any profession that's how mistakes happen.
Bingo. Having worked at a newspaper for the last 4 years (not as an editor or anything -- in IT), I can tell you that it's all about being the first to publish a story and get things online as fast as possible. This gives them almost no time to proofread or edit things.
It's dying because of huge staff cutbacks in every corner of the newsroom. Everything is done ultra-fast, usually on the fly, without backup, and in any profession that's how mistakes happen.
Bingo. Having worked at a newspaper for the last 4 years (not as an editor or anything -- in IT), I can tell you that it's all about being the first to publish a story and get things online as fast as possible. This gives them almost no time to proofread or edit things.
Originally Posted By: BISCUT
The favoritism shown by journalsist local and national is a major reason why they are loosing money. I can't recallt he survey but IIRC it was a Rasmusthem or Quinnipiac which showed trust in major media (ABC,CBS,NBC, NYT, Etc...) as only lagging behind Congress!! That says quite a bit.
Issues of trust aside, THE major reason is that advertisers (who make up the lion's share of revenue, not subscribers) have multiple low-cost or virtually no-cost alternatives to market their products and services that did not exist even 10 years ago. These advertisers don't need print publications or TV programs anywhere near as much as they used to.
In addition, the Internet provides a delivery system for news content that is free or almost free, and in the vast majority of cases people will not pay for what they are getting for free. Sadly, as I'm sure our newspaper IT member here who contributed to this thread can attest, a free DELIVERY method is an entirely different thing than what it takes to GENERATE the content.
Edited for...would you believe? A typo!!
The favoritism shown by journalsist local and national is a major reason why they are loosing money. I can't recallt he survey but IIRC it was a Rasmusthem or Quinnipiac which showed trust in major media (ABC,CBS,NBC, NYT, Etc...) as only lagging behind Congress!! That says quite a bit.
Issues of trust aside, THE major reason is that advertisers (who make up the lion's share of revenue, not subscribers) have multiple low-cost or virtually no-cost alternatives to market their products and services that did not exist even 10 years ago. These advertisers don't need print publications or TV programs anywhere near as much as they used to.
In addition, the Internet provides a delivery system for news content that is free or almost free, and in the vast majority of cases people will not pay for what they are getting for free. Sadly, as I'm sure our newspaper IT member here who contributed to this thread can attest, a free DELIVERY method is an entirely different thing than what it takes to GENERATE the content.
Edited for...would you believe? A typo!!
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I alwas proofreed my internet poasts. It sais everything aboat yoo as a purson.
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I alwas proofreed my internet poasts. It sais everything aboat yoo as a purson.
Your so write!
I alwas proofreed my internet poasts. It sais everything aboat yoo as a purson.
Your so write!
I guess the reporters should be schooled in proper English. Can't expect the editor (who I presume is good with his English) to redo all the sentences in the paper.
chiks, is that something a reporter wrote? Because of the writing style and the platform on which it appears, this looks much more like user-generated content.
Originally Posted By: KlooksKleek
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I alwas proofreed my internet poasts. It sais everything aboat yoo as a purson.
Your so write!
Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I alwas proofreed my internet poasts. It sais everything aboat yoo as a purson.
Your so write!
Originally Posted By: chiks
what do you say about this??
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now...-183903631.html
Originally Posted By: KlooksKleek
chiks, is that something a reporter wrote? Because of the writing style and the platform on which it appears, this looks much more like user-generated content.
Click on the link and read the story. Pretty sad, yet funny.
Yes. It is user generated content.
what do you say about this??
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now...-183903631.html
Originally Posted By: KlooksKleek
chiks, is that something a reporter wrote? Because of the writing style and the platform on which it appears, this looks much more like user-generated content.
Click on the link and read the story. Pretty sad, yet funny.
Yes. It is user generated content.
Still, those are great Headlines in the OP!
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if you can read thank a teacher. if you can read English thank a veteran.
Some of you just take all the fun out of humor.
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The favoritism shown by journalsist local and national is a major reason why they are loosing money. I can't recallt he survey but IIRC it was a Rasmusthem or Quinnipiac which showed trust in major media (ABC,CBS,NBC, NYT, Etc...) as only lagging behind Congress!! That says quite a bit.
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