Another reason blog entries should be edited before posting.

jfs, no intent to rip bloggers, but it shows that there should be copy editors worried about this sort of stuff.

Would it really matter if a copy editor took 30 seconds to read the blog before it was posted? Would it harm the blogger to call the "blog desk" (my creation of a term) and say, "I filed, can you proofread it please?"

 

I'm calling bullshit on this one. EVERYTHING with your organization's name on it -- or your name on it -- reflects on your organization and the person who wrote it. Blog or otherwise.

If you don't have five minutes to correct easy spelling mistakes that no able bodied person out of sixth grade has any excuse to make, you shouldn't work for a newspaper or a Web site.

 

I'm with FT on this. Man, I spellcheck my blog, I read it out loud to myself and, when I check it 30 minutes after I post, I correct any stupid stuff I missed. Mistakes, especially in my own copy, drive me insane. I don't need any help with work stuff to drive me insane.

 

A peer of mine wrote redshit freshman when he was blogging and it was posted. I think all bloggers should take more time editing their copy before posting it.

If it takes 10 minutes to type your blog, spend 15 editing it, IMO.

 

Editing is fine and all, but I think those freshmen need to get checked out by the team physician, pronto.

 

I'm not DocTalk (sometimes I play him on television)...but, I think that could be serious.