EDITOR@WORK: media or medium

FOUND ONLINE: He became a well-known star, both in the print and broadcast mediums, which both then and now is an extremely rare occurrence for an offensive lineman.

The plural of medium is media.

He became a well-known star, both in the print and broadcast media, always a rare occurrence for an offensive lineman.

EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com BLUESKY: PROFILE

MORE EDITOR@WORK BLOG ENTRIES

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

BLOG ENTRIES BY TOM GILLISPIE

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

ANECDOTES BY TOM GILLISPIE

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer OUTTA there!

ENTRIES FROM THE DOG BLOG

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

BLOG ENTRIES FROM THE AUTO RACING JOURNAL

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

FOUND ONLINE: Some lawmakers where left scratching their head after Trump’s speech in Cincinnati on Wednesday night that veered all over the map.

Some lawmakers were left scratching their heads.

ALSO FOUND ONLINE: National media has descended on Dallas to cover the story.

The word media is plural, so national media have would be correct.

FOUND IN A SCIENCE STORY: Saturn, even without it’s ring system, is much larger than Mars, but it’s dimmer because it’s 856 million miles from Earth.

The word it's is in here three times. The first one should be its, but the other two are used correctly.

I wonder if spellcheck "helped" them misspell its.

✍️✍️✍️

EMAIL: tgilli52@gmail.com BLUESKY: PROFILE