Check out this beaut in today’s Leader-Post:
Don’t see it? Have a closer look:
The problem here isn’t the typo. No matter how hard writers, editors and copy editors try, there will always be typos. You can’t catch them all. They’re the cockroaches of journalism. Nor is the problem that newspaper chains run some of the same material in different cities (although that’s not ideal). No, the problem is that newspaper production has been over-consolidated–this page, for example, was laid out in Hamilton.
The funny thing is, Planet S has a similar mistake in their current edition. Planet S is at least designed in Saskatoon, though. Their problem is crack-smoking.*
*This cheap shot from an editor who can’t spell “versus”…
About Stephen Whitworth
Stephen Whitworth is a life-long fan of newspapers and alternative media who got his start in the student press a hundred years ago. He moved to Regina in the fall of 1998 and
Prairie Dog recklessly hired him nine months later. It was a terrible mistake and the publication deeply regrets its inability to get rid of him. When Whitworth’s not adding typos to the hard work of
Prairie Dog’s many terrific writers, writing hilarious (to him) headlines and finding inventive new ways to make the paper late for its bi-weekly press deadline, he enjoys reading magazines, newspapers and alternative comics, listening to music, playing board games, and drinking and eating. He has a cat and
seven six pet snakes (
R.I.P., Fred).
The lack of local coverage in the major newspapers is depressing from coast to coast, which is all the more reason why free magazines like PD are important for community. I love checking out the “Best of Regina” PD certificates in local shops and to read about city politics and culture on the reg’.
Never forget, I once accidentally referred to myself as the “Edirot-in-Chief” while at the Carillon.
Typos are the least of most newspapers’ problums.
Why is post-media still in print?
same old yesterday from each city they touch.