Copyediting
Editing is the kind of work that doesn't get noticed unless it's done wrong. For instance, notice anything out of the ordinary from the front page of Monday's Daily Universe (BYU's student-run newspaper)? Hint: click to enlarge and read the center caption.
Can you say bad day for some poor editor out there?
Upon realizing that those are apostles, not apostates, BYU rushed to pull all 18,500 copies from the newsstand and reprint the issue, a first for the university. According to Google, 236 news organizations have run the story of "BYU's ungodly typo," including the Boston Herald, FOX, CBS, and Newsweek. I feel sorry for those Daily Universe guys, but what a HILARIOUS example for editing teachers to use for decades to come.
Read the newspaper's mea culpa here, and the AP story here.
Can you say bad day for some poor editor out there?Upon realizing that those are apostles, not apostates, BYU rushed to pull all 18,500 copies from the newsstand and reprint the issue, a first for the university. According to Google, 236 news organizations have run the story of "BYU's ungodly typo," including the Boston Herald, FOX, CBS, and Newsweek. I feel sorry for those Daily Universe guys, but what a HILARIOUS example for editing teachers to use for decades to come.
Read the newspaper's mea culpa here, and the AP story here.
Oh man, how terribly funny. Yeah, not a good mistake to make.
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