The video for editors
The Impotence of Proofreading (Or, a video all editors can get behind?)
(Thakns to Chris Robters for the pintout.)
The link, if you need it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjhOBiSk8Gg
Labels: copy editing, fun stuff
An extension of the Common Sense Journalism monthly column by Doug Fisher, former broadcaster, newspaper reporter and wire service editor. From new media to old, much of journalism is just plain common sense.
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Unknown (often improperly attributed to Thomas Jefferson)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
"Common sense is not so common" - Voltaire
"Common sense is instinct; enough of it is genius" - George Bernard Shaw
The Impotence of Proofreading (Or, a video all editors can get behind?)
Labels: copy editing, fun stuff
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