Testy Copy Editors

Our new website is up and running at testycopyeditors.org. This board will be maintained as an archive. Please visit the new site and register. Direct questions to the proprietor, blanp@testycopyeditors.org
It is currently Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:59 pm

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » Talk Shop » Nightmare Jobs of the Week

All times are UTC - 5 hours




Forum locked This topic is locked, you cannot edit posts or make further replies.  Page 1 of 1
  [ 4 posts ] 
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
longwords
 Post subject: 30 stories a day
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:06 am 
Offline

Joined: Fri May 06, 2005 8:31 pm
Posts: 552
Location: Pennsylvania
From journalismjobs.com:

Quote:
American Metal Market, the leading news publication providing intelligence to the metals and steel sectors, is looking for a copy editor to join its New York staff.

The ideal candidate will be an accomplished wordsmith who pays exceptional attention to detail. The copy editor will work as part of a news desk responsible for editing over 30 stories a day for our live and daily products as well as longer pieces submitted for our monthly magazine. The person who fills this post must have the ability to meet deadlines, work under pressure, and learn quickly within a dynamic newsroom environment. At least one year's experience is preferred but exceptional graduates will be considered.
Top
 Profile  
 
Phillip Blanchard
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:37 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am
Posts: 8342
Location: Bethesda, Md.
Of course you'd need to know how many people are on the desk.

At a newspaper in upstate New York some years ago, the copy desk -- with maybe four people on the rim, at least one of whom was useless -- handled at least that many stories on an average weeknight.


Last edited by Phillip Blanchard on Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
Editer
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:35 pm 
Offline

Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:33 pm
Posts: 1225
Location: Texas
Likewise at a medium-size Southwestern daily in the present day.

(Larger desk, same ratio.)


Last edited by Editer on Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Top
 Profile  
 
Bumfketeer
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:26 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am
Posts: 3557
Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both
I've heard of that place, Phil. And today, four people on the rim is considered a cushy night. Try three or even two.
Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Forum locked This topic is locked, you cannot edit posts or make further replies.  Page 1 of 1
  [ 4 posts ] 

Board index » Talk Shop » Nightmare Jobs of the Week

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group

What They're Saying


"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."



Useful Links


Our 2003 ACES Handout
Our 2004 ACES Handout
Our 2005 ACES Handout
Our 2006 ACES Handout
Our 2009 ACES Handout
The Slot (Bill Walsh)
HeadsUp: The Blog
John McIntyre
Regret the Error
Banned for Life

TCE RSS Feed  [Valid RSS]