I FELT BAD today when I learned that the McClatchy newspaper chain has dissolved the copy desk at the Raleigh (NC) News & Observer. McClatchy will consolidate its copy desks at the Charlotte Observer.
I have no connection to the N&O, other than the facts that I was a former newspaperman and I was part of something similar (and I live in the same state). Media General dissolved the copy desk at the Winston-Salem Journal in December of 2010, ending my wife's full-time job and my part-time freelance work. MG now handles Winston-Salem's copy editing at its Richmond and Tampa papers.
This just means that there are more unemployed copy editors out there, and the product will get a little worse. Sigh.
I found this blog entry below on the subject:
A tribute to N&O copy editors and page designers
Links: On my web site, I have links to some of my stories online.
Editorial group: If you're a writer, editor or general freelancer, you might check out my Freelance Writers and Editors group on Yahoo! We've been really active lately, and I think we've become useful to each other.
Writers' guidelines: If you want to write for magazines (or book publishers), check out the writers' guidelines on my Freelance Writers and Editors group on Yahoo!
Followers: Welcome to all the followers on this blog. May the Force be with you.
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Contact: I can be reached at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.
More EDITOR@WORK blog entries
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(the book of great NASCAR stories)
Editorial group: If you're a writer, editor or general freelancer, you might check out my Freelance Writers and Editors group on Yahoo! We've been really active lately, and I think we've become useful to each other.
Writers' guidelines: If you want to write for magazines (or book publishers), check out the writers' guidelines on my Freelance Writers and Editors group on Yahoo!
Followers: Welcome to all the followers on this blog. May the Force be with you.
Check it out: You might look at Funds for Writers, which specializes in grants for writers.
Contact: I can be reached at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.
More EDITOR@WORK blog entries
Entries from The Dog Blog
Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal
(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)
(the book of great NASCAR stories)
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