I wonder how many thousand feet of paper I tore out of a Teletype machine back
in my TV news days. We had five -- AP, UPI, and something else -- that
clattered away 24 hours a day. Made the occasional necessary "rip-'n-read"
newscast easier. And then there was that drum printer sort of thing that sent
pictures from NBC News in New York.
As for typos, I forgive most of you, but I figure, since it's how I made my
living for 36 years and that I've typed over 300,000 pages of trial
transcripts, I should be held to a higher standard. And I didn't make nearly as
many mistakes then as I do now.
Wakt
Wart
No, dammit. It's "Walt"
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Bill, did the change occur when we switched to a 'paperless society'?
> It seems like so much of what is written never gets to paper until
> it's "final" -- at which point it really *is* final.
>
> I left radio (local NPR affiliate) and print journalism in '78 --
> teletype still ruled so markup was still very much in use.
>
> ScottGee1
>
> On 3/21/07, Bill Pearce <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> SNIP!
> >
> > Proofreading used to be a profession. One could work their entire life doing
> > this, in a variety of businesses. Now, there is no one that even knows what
> > the markings are, much less what to do. But, they all save some bucks.
> >
> > Bill Pearce, who most always needs a proofreader.
>
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