Wednesday 8 July 2009

Who says subs don't matter?

Anyone who thinks readers don't notice how a cut in the number of sub-editors harms the accuracy and credibility of their newspapers should read this, as reported by Laura Oliver on journalism.co.uk
Andrew Alexander, ombudsman for the Washington Post
, reflects on how a reduction in the number of copy editors (down from around 75 to 43 in three-and-a-half years) on the Post has caused a peak in errors.
“Little mistakes take a huge toll on credibility,” argues Alexander.

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