Name: Andy Bechtel From: UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States About me: I teach editing and writing at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UNC-Chapel Hill. I'm interested in new ways to tell news stories and in the ethical and political ramifications of word choices (terrorist surveillance program, domestic spying or something in between?).
I have 12 years of experience in newspaper editing, most recently at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.
Here's why it pays to doublecheck phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc. It's one of those things copy editors have done forever, but the practice is being pushed aside as editing is pushed aside in the rush to post to the Web.
Here's why it pays to doublecheck phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc. It's one of those things copy editors have done forever, but the practice is being pushed aside as editing is pushed aside in the rush to post to the Web.
Yeah, I would've been mad if I had gotten a zillion wrong numbers from people wanting to make reservations.