WAG About to go to the wire
Tomorrow, I’ll be taking a two-hour shift at the Missourian where I’ll be manning the copy desk.
I will be acting as the first barrier between the public and the press’s mistakes (or in some cases, the public’s mistakes that the press presents before them – it cuts both ways).
I have my stack of reference books on world facts, local style, and general spelling.
I am also a bit daunted; but I’m short anyway so that’s understandable.
I’m working 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., so I’m telling myself that the work I do will probably sit around long enough to be reviewed by a number of people who know what they’re doing.
If not, and a mistake slips through… Well… we’ll see what happens…
Not much probably, but one still does wonder (and that thought is followed by the image of my teacher saying, “Don’t wonder! Look it up.”).
Well my easily distracted brain seems ready, if only for another three… two… one…. look at the doggy…”
I’ll be up early, editing in the middle of the day, and then working on call tomorrow night.
Yep, if I had a multiple personality disorder, we’d be making lots of new friends tomorrow.
We’ll let you know how it turns out.
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