tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post2756050484925213860..comments2024-03-21T13:15:26.838-04:00Comments on The Rural Blog: A 60,000-circulation newspaper without its own copy desk? It's happening in Winston-SalemMelissa Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01558431327921705882noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post-84855488340077148962010-12-15T10:30:46.498-05:002010-12-15T10:30:46.498-05:00My local small town paper has a copy editor. Yet a...My local small town paper has a copy editor. Yet at least monthly the paper mistakes the spelling of Hardie in the name of the main spot in town for weddings and other events. If they call it "Hardy" enough maybe it'll become true. Don't get me wrong - I believe a local copy desk, when it is good, is worth its weight in platinum. But perhaps in the instance I cite, an out-of-towner would at least be curious enough to look it up.Julianne Couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730897341209742258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13520324.post-46590216603785756822010-12-15T10:30:08.487-05:002010-12-15T10:30:08.487-05:00My local small town paper has a copy editor. Yet a...My local small town paper has a copy editor. Yet at least monthly the paper mistakes the spelling of Hardie in the name of the main spot in town for weddings and other events. If they call it "Hardy" enough maybe it'll become true. Don't get me wrong - I believe a local copy desk, when it is good, is worth its weight in platinum. But perhaps in the instance I cite, an out-of-towner would at least be curious enough to look it up.Julianne Couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730897341209742258noreply@blogger.com