[PRCo] Re: The Tartan

[John Swindler]

Maybe it is because journalist are trained in composition, grammer and 
creative writing, not in the topic they are trying to write about.  Creative 
people go into journalism.  Logical people go into engineering.

I once spent some time trying to edit a magazine.  Found that I could not 
compose text and then edit it.  Seemed to be two completely different 
thought processes.  So I would try to spend several days putting together 
"garbage" just to get something down on paper, then would have to come back 
week or so later and try to edit for grammer and facts.  (and I am very 
envious of several others who seem to have the ability to compose finished 
text with no problem at all.)

Many many years ago there was an article in Harvard Business Review that 
discussed that people seemed to analyze/plan on left side of brain (sort of 
logical side) and the right side tended to be more intuitive/creative side.  
One comment was that those who are technically proficient don't always make 
the best managers/leaders.  Seemed to make a lot of sense to this 
non-creative person.

John






>From: Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: The Tartan
>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:31:29 -0800 (PST)
>
>We have become a society that is always in a hurry.  I've had slides 
>printed backwards. All you have to do is look at the image.  When the words 
>on the destination sign are backwards the image is backwards. But in the 
>photo lab all they do is look at the slide mounting.  If the slide is 
>mounted backwards, they print it backwards!  You will find images scanned 
>backwards in online archives. Obviously, no one is checking if the image is 
>correct. Quality takes time and as a society we don't want to take time.
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>Why is it so many journalism writers constantly make so many mistakes?  
>What
>ever happened to getting the facts straight?  I get frustrated when I see
>mistakes after mistake that should not have ever gotten away.
>
>A 29 year old journalism major did an article on me here at Purchase and
>there are more things incorrect than correct.  Major music magazines going
>out to educators that have cover photos printed backwards are constantly
>showing up in the mailbox.
>
>Yes, I make mistakes and they have shown up in the PTM calendar and my 
>book.
>God (and most people) knows I am not a perfect musician.  A few years back
>there was a stress reducing book entitled something along the lines of 
>Don't
>Sweat the Small Stuff.   We need to learn to sweat the small stuff and the
>big stuff looks easy.
>
>Dennis Fred Cramer
>      Trombone
>
>
>
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