Winston-Salem copy desk's last day
Sad but classy good-bye to Winston-Salem Journal's copy desk that is going away under Media General's consolidation:
Labels: copy editing, layoffs, Media general
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." - 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
Sad but classy good-bye to Winston-Salem Journal's copy desk that is going away under Media General's consolidation:
Labels: copy editing, layoffs, Media general
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