tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post6326048633274597216..comments2024-03-29T06:29:02.182-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: Beware of the editorJohn McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-39732580422846104452010-03-16T01:21:17.293-04:002010-03-16T01:21:17.293-04:00Out of My Depth had teachers who never used the wo...Out of My Depth had teachers who never used the word "verb" because "action word" made so much more sense to them. He or she is never royaled by anything that comes across the desk, unless it is a suggestion that Out of My Depth needs to read more. OoMD is bewildered -- why should they spend evenings on a pass time like reading?<br /><br />Eventually OoMD will get a new supervisor, who will complain in a performance review that he or she is "reticent to learn new skills at the copy desk" because Out of My Depth hasn't mastered the new content management system.<br /><br />Barbara Phillips LongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-46114397220097497422010-03-15T14:54:47.798-04:002010-03-15T14:54:47.798-04:00What good journalism requires is good judgment, pl...What good journalism requires is good judgment, plus the ability to spell judgment. Don't know why so many persons drawn to journalism lack both. Journalism is a highly structured business that employs anarchists who spell badly.Patrick K. Lackeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-27944317048357315412010-03-15T09:00:29.053-04:002010-03-15T09:00:29.053-04:00Confession: I've been Speed Demon before. I mi...Confession: I've been Speed Demon before. I might even have to be Speed Demon later today. Like Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H complaining about having to do "meatball surgery," I sometimes have to do "meatball editing" because someone wants it immediately and there just aren't enough minutes in an hour.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09222724277080710042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-91765345571467448672010-03-14T20:40:50.710-04:002010-03-14T20:40:50.710-04:00I'm afraid Out Of My Depth Disease is spreadin...I'm afraid Out Of My Depth Disease is spreading easily and rapidly throughout the world... :(Virginia Merchánnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-56390516012480608722010-03-14T15:38:32.194-04:002010-03-14T15:38:32.194-04:00Careers, or careens?Careers, or careens?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-32211447214215033522010-03-14T14:46:31.703-04:002010-03-14T14:46:31.703-04:00Great descriptions of the squirrels running loose ...Great descriptions of the squirrels running loose in the editorial tree house. I worked with a fellow Out Of (a she fellow so is that a shellow?) who left Forward at the beginning of a document. Being a Picky Picky Picky I Know Better, I came to the Foreword rescue. Ahhhh.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974715071491746646noreply@blogger.com