In many previous posts on this blog I have ridiculed Nola.com for the numerous grammar errors and general lack of editorial oversight within its site. I know they frequently utilized temps and interns and they do make more mistakes than folks who are employed with bennies and what not. I am not sure if the site just got more picky with who they let go live with content or if the editors stepped it up.
But it occurred to me the other day that the errors have been less frequent recently. And I simply wanted to give credit where it is due.
Now, for a trip down memory lane…
Something Not Right Again
Swayze lived 25 years longer than any known sufferer of pancreatic cancer.
A Few Questions
It’s the reporting in this one that’s all tossed up, presumably because it’s being typed in from the courthouse but still, run another set of eyes over that shit.
Causeway is Clear
There was a period in 2008 where they must have been really seeking Northshore advertising money because there was something about the condition of the Causeway several times a day. Sometimes the reports were contradictory and there were often reports of the morning commute still on the site late in the afternoon.
Weed Again!
The interns and temps must have been smoked out in June and August of 2008 because they used ‘weed’ in lieu of ‘marijuana in two heds that summer.
Don’t Do It
As in, “Don’t use exclamation points in heds.”
Worst Hed Ever…
Nola.comedy
The temps and interns must have gone ahead and taken over the ship by 2009 as evidenced by these terrible, terrible heds.
Did It Wrong Agin
See what I did here? I kill me.
An Error in Time-Space
This one from 2009 really freaked me out for a second. I thought we were being attacked! By Republicans!
Nola.com Gets All 2-Legged Dog On Us
…from last Christmas. They must have made a New Year’s resolution to improve. Perhaps they stuck to it?
varg,
something like six months ago the head editor (or whatever his title is) was fired and replace with a new guy, James O’Byrne, who was an editor in the newsroom for the picayune and was one of the co-writers of the first series tp ever had become a finalist for the pulizter in 1991. His experience as a newspaper editor has helped enforce better standards online at nola.com. I think there is a movement at advance publications to get the paper guys into the web world to upgrade the quality of content and move toward a viable future off-paper
Thanks for the info. Even though it is easier to cover up mistakes on the Internet (hence all the screenshots) rather than print, it isn’t like thousands of visitors don’t see the mistakes. On paper, there is nothing like seeing an error and knowing it is duplicated in tens of thousands of copies across the city. It stings and negativly reinforces the importance of getting things right the first time. I’m glad someone who has perhaps endured that is online at Nola.com. And if James O’Byrne is reading this, the effort is showing and appreciated.