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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Copy editors who blog Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 1:47 am
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	From a story in a recent E&P: "That means that seven 20-something Daily Herald reporters and copy editors blog about topics unrelated to their ordinary beats. So, 26-year-old Sean Stangland, a copy editor, has been chronicling his steps towards grownup-hood by moving out of his mother's basement in Wheeling, Ill. And in "MorningAfter Blog," 24-year-old copy editor Sara Zailskas rhapsodizes about hormonal effect wedding receptions have on single women like herself."
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 3:02 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	It's good for copy editors to blog, as long as they blog about copy editing. You don't see Nicole Stockdale sharing her angst, menu or other things of interest only to herself.
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Nessie3	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 5:09 am
Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:03 am Posts: 1224 Location: Japan	Phillip Blanchard wrote: It's good for copy editors to blog, as long as they blog about copy editing. So if you're a copy editor who's interested in exotic dining, for example, you shouldn't have a food blog?
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:54 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	I sampled them so you don't have to. The first guy is like Jim Anchower without the wicked weed (and, of course, a sense of humor), and the woman likes to pretend she's subliterate. Cute.
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SuchASlot	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 10:03 am
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 1189	jjmoney62 wrote: I sampled them so you don't have to. The first guy is like Jim Anchower without the wicked weed (and, of course, a sense of humor), and the woman likes to pretend she's subliterate. Cute. Dammit. For some reason, your kind public service had the opposite effect — I finally peeked. Friday another co-worker is having a "paint-my-new-townhome-and-drink-beer" party. That should be fun. After that I might go see "The Longest Yard," which I'm not expecting much from. Ah, screw it — I'll just go see "Sith" again. Why not? ***This guy lives right on the edge.***
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aparker54	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 10:30 am
Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:29 pm Posts: 497 Location: misery	Phillip Blanchard wrote: It's good for copy editors to blog, as long as they blog about copy editing. You would object, then, to this blog?
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PennaRossa	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 10:37 am
Joined: Wed May 04, 2005 10:07 am Posts: 15 Location: The Buckeye State	I know I risk some testy-style wrath here, but what's the harm? I think some copy editors need an outlet for self-expression...it keeps us from writing headlines full of bad puns in the name of creativity.
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 1:45 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	PennaRosa ... agreed. But it should be completely divorced from what they do professionally, as their human eccentricities can only cast legitimate shadows over their credibility as copy editors. We don't want to know that much about the people in charge of deciding what we read in our newspapers. It's simple: The more we know, the less we feel confident that their personal biases won't spill over into their professional lives. And given that they've chose to use a professional site for personal expression, the question of ethically dubious overlap is a fair one.
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 1:46 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	Jim Anchower rules, by the way.
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aparker54	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 2:11 pm
Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:29 pm Posts: 497 Location: misery	Wab, does this personal page from theslot about Bill Walsh —"Way too Much About the Author"— bother you? Are you distressed that it links to his non-copy-editing blogs and to his wife's blog? Copy editors are people, too.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 2:25 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	It should be obvious that Walsh is an exception to the rule.
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ramblerdan	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 2:46 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 399 Location: Saratoga Springs, N.Y.	Phillip Blanchard wrote: It should be obvious that Walsh is an exception to the rule. Holy hagiography! Are you serious? (No disrespect to Bill intended.)
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 2:52 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Walsh is grandfathered.
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"This is like group therapy with prisoners in the Poynter Institute's dungeon." ... "You take a vocation that the simple-minded consider to be mere drudgery, and you exploit every bit of fascinating and humorous nuance imaginable." ... "Delicious" ... "Ask your professors? The only professors whose opinions matter are named Walsh, Blanchard and McIntyre." ... "What I come here for, I can find ONLY here. Phillip, you've built a great place." ... "Nothing gets us hotter than reading bitchy discussion threads from over-exhausted copy editors endlessly debating the merits of "theater" versus "theatre." ... "I love this site. It's better than the Kool-Aid acid tests." ..."I'm awed at the efficiency with which matters of opinion get hashed out in this forum." ... "Phil is the bomb!" ... "I'd wager that it's exactly your sort of hidebound thinking that contributes to the problems newspapers are having attracting readers." ... "I'm totally obsessed with this site. It's like porn--if you get off on Scrabble." ... "It reveals the backstage carping and vindictive emotions that roil the souls of those trapped at the copy desks." "When they say "testy," they certainly mean it. Whether it's reporters, editors, or the general public, no one is above their savage snark." ... "An apparent crack in the thin grey line." ..."Testy Copy Editors is a bitchboard for journalism's underclass." ... "My desire to read 'Testy Copy Editors' is only rivalled by my desire to pop "Constipated Call Girls" in the DVD player." ... "Phillip Blanchard is not just a testy copy editor, but a prophet scorned in his own time, and those of us who defend wordplay will be punished for it come the Judgment Day." ... "Phil Blanchard is as dashing in person as he is at the TCE board." ... "As far as writing and editing go: Read this board, read Bill Walsh, memorize the style book, read William Zinsser, and read the New York Times. That's a good start." ... "You should let go of your bitterness. You were not the oppressed talent you thought yourself to be. You were a miserable, brooding, silent, joyless grind, lucky to have a job at the Sun-Times, and we're lucky now that you've moved on to afflict others."

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