by Me » Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:45 pm
The copy desks at the five Louisiana Gannett papers were eliminated last summer. The consolidated copy desk is located at the News-Star in Monroe. The staff there does all the pagination, proofreading and other copy desk functions for all five of the newspapers. The other LA Gannett sites still have a couple of people who work nights to monitor the copy flow, be available to handle late breaking news, write headlines and correct any glitches.
It has been a hard transition for everybody. The products have gotten better, but the amount of mistakes, misspellings and obvious lack of interest or care in the papers has been obvious. It is improving, however slowly it may be.
I believe some copy desk functions also were consolidated either in Mississippi or Tennessee as well.
The copy desks at the five Louisiana Gannett papers were eliminated last summer. The consolidated copy desk is located at the News-Star in Monroe. The staff there does all the pagination, proofreading and other copy desk functions for all five of the newspapers. The other LA Gannett sites still have a couple of people who work nights to monitor the copy flow, be available to handle late breaking news, write headlines and correct any glitches.
It has been a hard transition for everybody. The products have gotten better, but the amount of mistakes, misspellings and obvious lack of interest or care in the papers has been obvious. It is improving, however slowly it may be.
I believe some copy desk functions also were consolidated either in Mississippi or Tennessee as well.