(no subject)
I'm beginning to understand just how much being a journalist excites and scares me at the same time. Editing and Writing gives me a stomachache every Tuesday at about 9:15pm, as I start double-checking my names and facts. The infamous Medill "F" frightens me - not because of the grade, but because of the idea. The only reason to get one is laziness and sloppiness - which is why it upset me to find out there was a name error in my last Daily article. Medill "F", where it actually counts. I'm not sloppy and not lazy, and I know Marissa and I checked that. The only solution I can think of is in spell check or the copy desk, because they were some crazy names. If I can't get a name right in my story, how can readers trust me to get anything else right? The worst part is the apology, because now I do feel like a tool.
It was a damn good story too - but pretty writing doesn't matter when you're wrong.
It was a damn good story too - but pretty writing doesn't matter when you're wrong.