Working as an editor can be a rewarding and frustrating experience, but a good editor is able to get through any problems and turn out a good product no matter what the circumstances.
A good editor needs to be able to work quickly and be able to focus on the content of the copy or the overall layout design of a page and work diligently to make an improvements that are necessary and do so while juggling many other editing tasks.
In addition, a good editor needs to have a good vocabulary and must know Associated Press style back and forth. As an editor is continually reading copy and making changes, the larger vocabulary the easier it can be to write corrections because the editor won't be needing to constantly repeat themselves, that is something that may happen if a lot of corrections are needed within a particular beat.
Editors also must be able to have a sharp eye for detail as they are often the last eyes to see copy or layout before they are sent to the printer.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Where does the news come from?
Asking me to say where I get my news from might as well be asking me to sit you down and have an hour long conversation.
I will try to make this short, instead.
SInce I work at WPXI-TV, I get a lot of my local news first hand. As it happens and is coming in from the assignment desk I'm writing the stories and preparing them for air.
When I'm not at work, however, I get most of my news electronically. Most of the time I get it online, but in the form of newspaper Web sites. If I'm looking for the most accurate and complete information on a story I usually will get the information from the online newspaper site or from national news Web sites like MSNBC and CNN.
I find myself getting a fair amount of my news content from Twitter, of all places. However, when I get news from this source, it's almost always headlines with links to articles or video clips of the stories from newspapers and television stations.
I still enjoy picking up a hard copy of the Post-Gazette when available and enjoy watching news when it's on the air.
I will try to make this short, instead.
SInce I work at WPXI-TV, I get a lot of my local news first hand. As it happens and is coming in from the assignment desk I'm writing the stories and preparing them for air.
When I'm not at work, however, I get most of my news electronically. Most of the time I get it online, but in the form of newspaper Web sites. If I'm looking for the most accurate and complete information on a story I usually will get the information from the online newspaper site or from national news Web sites like MSNBC and CNN.
I find myself getting a fair amount of my news content from Twitter, of all places. However, when I get news from this source, it's almost always headlines with links to articles or video clips of the stories from newspapers and television stations.
I still enjoy picking up a hard copy of the Post-Gazette when available and enjoy watching news when it's on the air.
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