Is This A Hair-Brained Scheme Or The End Of Sub Editors?
Eighty sub editors may lose their jobs following the Daily Express and Sunday Express's plans to let reporters key their stories directly on to the pages templates.
The Guardian reports:
In an email to staff, the Express Newspapers group managing editor, Ian Parrott, detailed how reporters would fit stories into an editorial template containing the necessary styles. Rewriters and lawyers would then check the pages.As expected, the move has made employees insecure. The National Union of Journalists has reacted with anger saying the cuts would lead to the title's "immediate demise as national papers".
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It is good news since most of the subs mess up the story and have huge egos once these fellows are out things will be much better
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ReplyDeleteWhile I don't share the cynicism of 'anonymous' (read above) with regards the 'subs' :-), I understand the anger. Equally, while I'm myself the most senior position in the editorial set-up (actually the 'Chief'), I too believe that the idea of giving reporters direct access to page layout is worth trying. If they are writing well, they are also intelligent enough to understand the dynamics. Rest all is just a matter of mechanics - which any intelligent person can learn.
Best Wishes for the festive season to all,
Anshuman
Lets wait and watch...maybe it'll be a trial-and-error for a week or two and the final decision will depend on reader feedback...or maybe this story is false
ReplyDeleteWhen do we get the Bicentennial Man Mark I in the newsroom!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhy would this be a threat to subs? If anything, it strengthens the their value in the news organisations.
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