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No, I understand the need for copy editors and content editors, too. I do
not see why there need to be an army of HTML hounds between the writers
and the editors of an online pub.  The writers should be able to handle
the HTML chores, if those duties are properly automated, especially with
well selected, tweakable, templates.  Teach the writers to use the
armatorium of templates......don't recreate the "copy-boy" rewrite army of
yesteryear.  

Sounds to me as if there may be a political pressure operating that keeps
the writers insulated, if not to say, coddled.  

and Mitch, do you actually know any journalists who write longhand these
days?  I know several who two-finger type....but they are pretty damn fast
for just two fingers.  They can learn a simple 10 minute template
selection and fitting exercise, most of them anyway.  AND, I'll bet some
of the production people can write, too.  

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Alan Flippen wrote:

> How could it be a "nicely tweaked presentation" if the writer simply puts
> his/her own stuff directly into it? I have yet to see the writer whose work
> didn't need at least a little attention from a copy editor. But what I sense
> from this thread is that some people, at least, don't see the need for copy
> editing before publication.....????? Try it sometime and see how
> professional it looks.
> 
> (OK, full disclosure time: I am a copy editor ... )
> 
> Alan Flippen
> flippen@nytimes.com
> Working for, but not speaking for, The New York Times
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