A Subeditor's role is 'thankless: like the goalkeeper in a football team'

Posted by Andy at 4/24/2008 4:00 AM and is filed under uncategorized
"In a way it is surprising that we do not make more mistakes. One of our best subs, taken to task this morning for what I described as the unforgivable crime of putting an acute accent on the artist Edgar Degas' surname in last week's paper, held his hand up to the offence but pointed out that he had been working on seven different pages under severe time pressure. Doubtless he had corrected many mistakes but the one he missed was, of course, what everyone noticed." - David Marsh, UK's Guardian Read more 

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