Comments for The Editor's Desk

Comment on As seen on TV by Sean

Sean — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:31:21 +0000

Our perception of the world may be less accurate without copy editors, but it could be more entertaining!

Comment on Q&A with Katherine Latshaw, book editor by Chris Hoerter

Chris Hoerter — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:25:42 +0000

It’s good to hear these jobs are still out there. Props to the serial comma!

Comment on A perfect parody by Simon Owens

Simon Owens — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:32:17 +0000

My colleague at PBS, Mark Glaser, recently got a chance to interview the people behind the @fakeapstylebook account about how it got started and how they amassed so many followers in such a short amount of time:

Comment on To China and back by Sean

Sean — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:08:26 +0000

Glad your handsomeness has been revealed to the Chinese too! It’s no secret here. ;^)

Sean

Comment on Bound for Beijing by Tracy Boyer

Tracy Boyer — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:09:18 +0000

Have a safe trip! I think it’s great that we are pursuing this collaborative effort to leverage both their newspaper and our Journalism School.

Comment on Bound for Beijing by Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:37:10 +0000

Have a great time, Andy. Look forward to hearing about your exploits when you return.

Comment on That joke isn’t funny anymore by Rajj

Rajj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:26:16 +0000

i find this joke very funny… what’s wrong with it ?

Comment on This mic wins again by Rebecca Huehls

Rebecca Huehls — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:11:18 +0000

I like this exercise.

I vote you keep “mic”/”mike” because it calls for students to look at industry precedent, an important aspect of setting conventions. Maybe students intuitively understand that “mic” is the common abbreviated form, but as professional editors, knowing why is still a good thing.

In the technical For Dummies books I edit, I go with “mic” and have done so for years

Comment on This mic wins again by LisaMc

LisaMc — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:42:48 +0000

So … “bic” from bicycle? Nope.

Kidding aside, the verb form in the industry is “mike/miking/miked.” Why make the noun different?

Comment on An appetite for anonymity by Anonymous sources: Are they necessary? « Editing Matters

Anonymous sources: Are they necessary? « Editing Matters — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:51:51 +0000

[...] that issue in his column. Andy Bechtel, an editing professor and former editor, blogs about the use of anonymous sources in a New York Times story about John Edwards and his mistress’s baby. And finally the editor [...]