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(Note: This is a note to my friend Michele McLellan responding to her Facebook post<\/a> about newspapers outsourcing copyediting tasks.) <\/em><\/p>\n

Michele …<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>As you know, I’ve pretty much stayed out of the \u201cwhither journalism\u201d lately, but I’ll add a thought or two to your well-reasoned argument based on my personal experiences of the last two years.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>First, I’ve been doing a lot of work for a glossy, local lifestyle magazine here in the Bay Area. I do a lot of photography, I also write and edit. Most of the magazine comes together from people who don’t work in the same place — the editor has an office, freelancers write, I edit them, a copy editor in another place edits me, a designer in the office sends me Adobe InDesign files or PDFs for proofing. Works well. Every two weeks we meet for story planning and idea exchange.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Also, last year I wrote and photographed a book<\/a> (touted <\/a>all over my FB page<\/a>). My partner — a chef — wrote her parts from her office, I wrote my sections from mine, the designer emailed around concepts and pages. We all rarely met. Book came out, is doing well. Of course, you and I did the same thing<\/a> the year before.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Finally, to underwrite such rewarding, but hardly remunerative pursuits as magazine photography and cookbook writing, I keep a hand in editing research for financial institutions. I work with a team of a half-dozen analysts in Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> whose work I edit weekly. I\u2019ve done this for three years. Although we meet only once a year for a feedback and review session, I know their work as well as that of any of the reporters who say across the aisle from me in newsrooms for years.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Newsrooms traditionalists might argue that proximity contributes to quality. They are wrong. The prodigious amount of so-so writing and editing seen in many newspapers is testament to that. Commitment to excellence, responsibility and, most importantly these days, personal growth<\/strong> lead to quality \u2013 and those values are highly portable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>First the doors came off newspapers, then the walls blew out. In the next couple of years, we\u2019ll see the floors drop away. Knowledge work <\/strong>\u2013 which is what journalism consists of, i.e., literary and creative skill applied to principles of public information, access and transparency \u2013 doesn\u2019t need an address.<\/strong> It just needs a platform.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Cheers \u2026<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Tim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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