Inky byline strike/sickout

[goalmouth]

 

[Fredrick]

When are people going to realize you don't confront the saying "Black Lives Matter" ever. You don't have flippant headlines using that theme. You don't say "all lives matter" like the Kings announcer who got axed. Leave those words alone. Those Inquirer suits need to calm this situation. Whoever wrote the headline will be fired.

 

[Matt1735]

At least you are consistent, Fredrick.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I'm curious how many people saw that headline before it went to print, and if there was any discussion about it in-house.

 

[MileHigh]

I had not seen the Inquirer's apology until I went looking for it. Written by an editor and scene by another before it went to print.

An apology to our readers and Inquirer employees

Here’s how our editing and headline-writing process operates: Stories typically go through two assignment editors before reaching the print desk, where copy editors weigh the merits of the story, and check for grammar, style and factual errors. It’s at that stage, when the print page is being created, that print headlines are written by copy editors. Typically, two print editors review headlines and pages before they are sent to the presses. Our review of this incident found that the process was followed, and the headline was created by one editor and read by another.

This incident makes clear that changes are needed, and we are committing to start immediately.

We will review the editing process above and implement safeguards to flag sensitive content and prevent single-person publication. We will continue training and discussions around cultural sensitivity, including a previously scheduled program that will begin this week. We will expand on our commitment to build a newsroom that better reflects the community it serves, with more recruiting resources and requirements for diverse finalist pools. And we will define a process for flagging, discussing and publicly disclosing lapses in editorial judgment that aren’t addressed with a simple factual correction.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I had not seen the Inquirer's apology until I went looking for it. Written by an editor and scene by another before it went to print.

An apology to our readers and Inquirer employees

Here’s how our editing and headline-writing process operates: Stories typically go through two assignment editors before reaching the print desk, where copy editors weigh the merits of the story, and check for grammar, style and factual errors. It’s at that stage, when the print page is being created, that print headlines are written by copy editors. Typically, two print editors review headlines and pages before they are sent to the presses. Our review of this incident found that the process was followed, and the headline was created by one editor and read by another.

This incident makes clear that changes are needed, and we are committing to start immediately.

We will review the editing process above and implement safeguards to flag sensitive content and prevent single-person publication. We will continue training and discussions around cultural sensitivity, including a previously scheduled program that will begin this week. We will expand on our commitment to build a newsroom that better reflects the community it serves, with more recruiting resources and requirements for diverse finalist pools. And we will define a process for flagging, discussing and publicly disclosing lapses in editorial judgment that aren’t addressed with a simple factual correction.

They can fall back on "we're changing the system" if they want, but beyond the diversity issue the core problem is they have two editors who are too dumb to hold that position.

 

[wicked]

You can't prevent "single-person publication" when your staff has been shredded.

 

[goalmouth]

Wasn't it the Inky that protected child rapist Bill Conlin all those years?

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

Protected how? My understanding was he resigned within 24 hours of them finding out.

 

[jr/shotglass]

When are people going to realize you don't confront the saying "Black Lives Matter" ever. You don't have flippant headlines using that theme. You don't say "all lives matter" like the Kings announcer who got axed. Leave those words alone. Those Inquirer suits need to calm this situation. Whoever wrote the headline will be fired.

I have to know something.

Have you ever had an opinion that doesn't center around the greediness of newspaper executives -- something we all already know?

 

[Fredrick]

Surprised this type of mistake isn't more common. The suits are lucky their people in this business generally are able to do the work of 3 people and still not make severe mistakes. Especially the places that let their reporters post stories with headlines without an edit. Papers are so lucky there have not been libelous stories and headlines galore.

 

[Severian]

I'm curious how many people saw that headline before it went to print, and if there was any discussion about it in-house.

Not a lot. I'm sure it was a designer who put some dummy text in the hed and forgot about it.

 

[MileHigh]

Not a lot. I'm sure it was a designer who put some dummy text in the hed and forgot about it.

Dummy text hedline would have been better than what happened.

See above. An editor wrote the headline. Another editor saw it and basically signed off on it.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Those of us still left are working with no net. Made even worse by coronavirus.

It’s still hard to imagine that being written in the first place.

 

[Fredrick]

Man, I read the headline again: "Buildings matter, too." Unless it was one of those "joke headlines" made that somehow got in the paper, it's hard to believe two editors would be that stupid. Everybody knows "All lives matter" is getting people fired when they say it. Buildings Matter Too is so egregious it's beyond belief. You've got to fire both of them.

 

[Severian]

See above. An editor wrote the headline. Another editor saw it and basically signed off on it.

Wow. That makes the whole situation worse lol.

 

[Severian]

Unless it was one of those "joke headlines" made that somehow got in the paper, it's hard to believe two editors would be that stupid.

Not surprising if the paper is understaffed and overworked. Something like this can easily be missed.

 

[matt_garth]

"You have to answer for Santino, Carlo."

Stan Wischnowski to resign as The Philadelphia Inquirer’s top editor

 

[Severian]

"You have to answer for Santino, Carlo."

Stan Wischnowski to resign as The Philadelphia Inquirer’s top editor

Another one bites the dust.

He'll lie low for a few months then take a comfy position at a journalism school somewhere.

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

I don’t think he was the enemy. But I’m on the wrong side of a lot of popular opinions.