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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: The Weak Need Not Apply Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:25 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	The Tallahassee Democrat, a Gannett newspaper, currently has two openings for strong copy editors/designers on combined news and sports desks -- one with a particular emphasis on sports -- in Florida's state capital city, Tallahassee, home to two major universities: Florida State and Florida A&M.
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:30 am
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	I'm sure this is not what you meant, but is there a worse idea on Earth than combined news and sports desks?
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:43 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	It's among the worst. Rare is the copy editor I've known in my 20 years in the business who is as interested in and adept at handling sports as news. But I suspect most papers with this system don't care how capable their deskies are of doing this work, as long as they do it cheaply. Most likely, pagination is 90 percent of the job, anyway.
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cobra_kai	Post subject: Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:17 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:20 pm Posts: 431 Location: Far removed from a former career	Wabberjocky wrote: Rare is the copy editor I've known in my 20 years in the business who is as interested in and adept at handling sports as news. For the record, I toggle between sports and news all the time and I think I'm very good at both. I don't do them simultaneously on the same shift, but still. AND, I can lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds or higher.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:43 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	Ditto with the exception of the weights bit. Who could resist the joys of trying to interpret tripe like this After playing second fiddle to the No. 3 batsmen, the No. 4s came into their own in 2007
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TootsNYC	Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:23 pm
Joined: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:24 am Posts: 379 Location: NYC	Quote: AND, I can lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds or higher. Ah, but can you chew gum at the same time?
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Le Petomane	Post subject: Re: The Weak Need Not Apply Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:12 am
Joined: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 402 Location: Moulin Rouge	Phillip Blanchard wrote: ... in Florida's state capital city, Tallahassee, home to two major universities: Florida State and Florida A&M. Here's to hoping this ad was written by the HR department.
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