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editor evolved july 2004 editor evolved this is the archived edition of a blog first titled copy massage kept from sept 4 2003 to june 4 2007 by clay wirestone the original description twentysomething editor designer reviewer blogger cartoonist clay mccuistion muses on copy editing and the changing media landscape tuesday july 27 2004 let s get this straight john kerry in a protective suit is not news his wife telling a reporter from a right wing pub to shove it touches the outward periphery of news but just barely the democratic convention is news that s the lesson for today posted by clay w at 7 27 2004 monday july 26 2004 daily roundup yes i know the democratic convention begins today no i m not going to write anything about it yet i m taking time to gather my thoughts also the folks at romenesko are going nuts about the phrase it was as if an occult hand had no i don t understand it either but it s supposed to be funny i m not linking to the chicago tribune story because it requires registration and i only register for the new york times and washington post for now sorry posted by clay w at 7 26 2004 sunday july 25 2004 dirty headline alert parents you might want to shoo your kids out of the room this is why every copy editor should have the mind of a sex obsessed middle schooler no i don t want to explain it if you don t understand why it s horrible you re lucky posted by clay w at 7 25 2004 wednesday july 21 2004 newspaper spellings in my post about headlines a few days ago i called them heads this isn t the preferred newspaper spelling the green eyeshade folk use heds likewise the beginning of a story isn t the lead it s a lede i ve heard this was to avoid confusion between lead type and reporters work back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the planet paragraph nope try graf now that i ve gone to the trouble of mentioning these all i ll also tell you that i don t like them they re fine in a newsroom context but in this blog i stick to readable comprehensible names when i don t forget myself posted by clay w at 7 21 2004 latest search engine referrals how do people stumble across copy massage by searching with terms such as these use accused why proofreading is important ken jennings jeopardy cat massage picture transition from reporter to copy editor anger acronym wichita eagle stylebook jeopardy ken jennings salina journal ken jennings flew back to utah justin timberlake rolling stone review posted by clay w at 7 21 2004 sunday july 18 2004 an unfortunate name slate takes on the case of dairy queen s new beverage let s all remember to keep an eye out for stuff like this posted by clay w at 7 18 2004 thursday july 15 2004 quotes in headlines let s examine a fake headline for a second i ll be using my newspaper s style which accounts for the abundant capitalization martha stewart on sentence i will never surrender do those ellipses bother you they bother me the copy editor s zeal to include a direct quote has thrown a barrier in front of quick and painless reading you do not fix this headline by just taking out the ellipses and leaving the quote marks please do not fix this headline by doing this you would alter a direct quote this seems clear to me but some don t see anything wrong about it you do fix this headline by taking out the ellipses and the quote marks as well as changing a word or two martha stewart on sentence she will never surrender you re giving up the authenticity of the quote marks i admit that but you gain an easier to read head posted by clay w at 7 15 2004 a plea to readers nothing shakes things up in the swanky copy massage offices like receiving messages from those who visit the site our staff rushes around the hallways in excitement throwing confetti in the air and singing madonna songs we re not sure what their deal is the point we would love to hear with you it s been too long since madonna s perky tunes echoed in the corridors and boardrooms of the grand copy massage towers comment on the posts ask questions send e mail whatever it takes we ll be waiting posted by clay w at 7 15 2004 monday july 12 2004 brains in jeopardy let s examine this lead from our friends at the associated press los angeles if the answer is ken jennings and his record 920 960 so far in jeopardy winnings the question must be how does he do it notice anything wrong the lead doesn t follow the format of a true jeopardy clue the question should be something along the lines of who has excited the tv world with his quiz show winnings this lead does not make sense it s stupid it s a non sequitur the follow up paragraph doesn t improve matters a curious mind good memory and astute buzzer technique said jennings a utah software engineer who will make an unprecedented 29th appearance on the syndicated quiz show tonight that s right the story compounds the error by answering the question that should have been addressed at the start did i notice this did i catch this monumental stupidity nope an astute desk intern at my workplace saw the mistake on a page proof everyone agreed it was a terrific catch her fix los angeles if the answer is ken jennings with 920 960 so far in winnings the question must be who holds the jeopardy record a curious mind good memory and astute buzzer technique got him this far said jennings a utah software engineer who will make an unprecedented 29th appearance on the quiz show tonight better you might expect that such bungling be caught and excised by major newspapers you might expect that legions of sensible copy editors across the country made a similar rewrite you might imagine that people had sense you would be wrong a simple google search the lame tool of lazy writers everywhere shows the unchanged story appearing on newspaper web sites aplenty i think it s time for a little hall of shame for those who couldn t be bothered to read a wire story and consider if it made sense usa today boston globe wichita eagle which found the time to localize the second graf toronto star which changed the grammar of the first sentence but not the problem hartford courant washington post philadelphia daily news miami herald newark star ledger houston chronicle and on and on and on i don t mean to be unduly harsh wire copy usually slips through copy desks with the barest of reads in many newspapers copy editors have their hands tied with problematic local stories also these stories may have been posted by web staff before editing but try we need to try we need to give wire stories thorough meaningful looks or else we look more desperately out of touch than we already are posted by clay w at 7 12 2004 sunday july 11 2004 spreading the love william safire writes up bill walsh in the latest issue of the new york times magazine read it here nice to see one of the online pack receive recognition even if he had to do it by writing books i like to think that if safire were about 100 years younger and 100 times less cranky he would also have a blog about language perhaps i m projecting posted by clay w at 7 11 2004 tuesday july 6 2004 my latest exciting adventure into the world of web pages can be found here content ish type material will appear there soon i hope but the crushing burden of this blog may complicate matters you never know posted by clay w at 7 06 2004 monday july 5 2004 essential reading let s assume you re a young copy editor just starting out what books would you need to do your job thanks for asking recommendations follow 1 dictionaries more than one please multiple dictionaries give you multiple opinions quickly yes it can be more fun to ask the person sitting next to you but sometimes she s busy i m biased because i own dozens of the things but no single volume besides the ap style book perhaps will help you more 2 some sort of thesaurus i prefer the synonym finder but any book that can jog your mind for extra words can help don t use it to produce unfamiliar words use it to stimulate your thinking 3 an almanac this makes me sound old fashioned but having all the information on a printed page can help you we too often turn to the web when a paper source could do the job more authoritatively you don t have to get sucked into a google trap for every single question 4 a few usage books quite a few volumes about correct use of the english language crowd the shelves most won t help you directly they make you think about the written word critically though and that s what copy editing is all about posted by clay w at 7 05 2004 thursday july 1 2004 tasking my brain for that matter what s with the word task as a verb who decided this was a good idea i suspect it was the same guy who invented efforting i defy someone to use it in a way that doesn t sound incredibly lame he s been tasked to find the answer we re tasking on that i ve tasked her with an important assignment i m tasking i m sure you are and why don t you actually work at the same time with a verb they re these things that before administrators took over the world used to propel language back when language was used to communicate not obfuscate words like this make me want to gouge out my eyes with pica poles and those pica poles are old and rusty so i m sure they ll hurt multi tasking i can live with barely posted by clay w at 7 01 2004 newer posts older posts home subscribe to posts atom search editor evolved archived blogs rant rave reassure verse a day clay wirestone clay files twitter linkedin facebook my papers sites concord monitor tampa tribune st petersburg times philadelphia inquirer university daily kansan salina journal pasons sun el dorado times blog archive 2011 1 april 1 2009 1 july 1 2007 15 june 2 may 2 april 2 march 4 february 1 january 4 2006 28 june 1 april 1 march 4 february 9 january 13 2005 49 december 5 november 10 october 12 september 7 april 1 march 1 february 5 january 8 2004 78 december 1 november 1 october 1 august 1 july 13 let s get this straight daily roundup dirty headline alert newspaper 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