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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Ridiculous Job Titles Dept. Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:49 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Want to be a leader in the changing newspaper/information delivery environment? Then bring your experience, drive and ability to innovate to the Rockford Register Star. We seek a copy (we call it delivery) editor to be a key part of our 18-person desk. (ACES Jobs)
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vtuss	Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:28 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 476 Location: Twin Cities	I guess you get to deliver the paper at the end of your "night."
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J Kaufman	Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:54 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:47 pm Posts: 4655 Location: New York City	Quote: Please respond quickly with resume and a letter about yourself and your goals, objectives and desires. The three being mutually exclusive.
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cobra_kai	Post subject: Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:41 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:20 pm Posts: 431 Location: Far removed from a former career	I'm part of a newly designated "delivery desk." I haven't gotten a straight answer as to what that even means, just a lot of manager-speak. As far as I can tell, the idea seems to encourage those who were once copy editors to sacrifice quality of editing in order to focus on "delivering" quantity and immediacy as so-called "aggregators." I've repeatedly refused this notion -- I will not become a "delivery editor."
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JT	Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:32 pm
Joined: Thu Sep 02, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 119 Location: Small Town, Pa.	Sorry to mis-direct this thread, but the title seems to fit a recent occurrence. Most sources that send my trade magazine press and product releases identify themselves as PR reps, agencies, agents, public relations reps or in similar terms. Fair enough. In another sure sign of the apocalypse, earlier today I received a rather breathless release of little merit from a company's "Chief Awareness Officer." Feh!
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Heartodixie	Post subject: Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:46 pm
Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:15 am Posts: 1432 Location: Alabamer	cobra_kai wrote: I'm part of a newly designated "delivery desk." I haven't gotten a straight answer as to what that even means, just a lot of manager-speak. As far as I can tell, the idea seems to encourage those who were once copy editors to sacrifice quality of editing in order to focus on "delivering" quantity and immediacy as so-called "aggregators." I've repeatedly refused this notion -- I will not become a "delivery editor." Keep fighting the good fight. One day papers will realize that there is no value in compiling random bits of crap from the wires and syndicates to fill the hole news used to go in.
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:48 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	"Journalism" is now so chock-full of stupidity that it makes me happy to be nearly old enough to retire.
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