BaltimoreSun.com
MediaNews president
Joseph Lodovic said last week: "Why does every newspaper need copy editors? In this day and age, I think copy-editing can be done centrally for several newspapers."
John McIntyre responds: "If intensive local coverage -- the current industry mantra -- is the future of daily newspapers, then they will need local copy editors. ...Do you suppose that a copy editor working five states away is going to recognize when the photo desk has supplied for the James F. Smith obituary a photo of James T. Smith? Or that an article has located Savage in Anne Arundel County rather than Howard?" || Related
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