Bill Walsh

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#books #deadlines #editing #even #expect

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#beginning #caution #ending #i #quotation

If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#cardinal #checked #copy #editing #error

Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#copy #editors #every #machines #more

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#compliment #effective #lame #more #nothing

Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#call #copy #early #editor #few

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives. ↗

— Bill Walsh

#headlines #lives #outstanding #save #specialty