Our amazing wordsmiths
No one has written in response to the "Linnaeus on the copy desk" posting to ask for a similar set of classifications of reporters and writers. Do I have to drop a hint with a clang? Here's a start. What follows is a set of titles for categories of writers. Now comes audience participation! Interactivity! You do the work. The Crown Prince and/or the Princess Royal Mute Inglorious Milton The Supreme Pontificator Who Touched My Story Mirror, Mirror By the Word High Camp The Duckbilled Platitude Columnist Party Apparatchik Plain But Earnest Goodbye English Prose I have written entries for these categories, which are available to readers of this blog on request. But I’m reluctant to publish them, because I’d rather not have to pay someone to start my car for me every day.
Comments
At the Sun, do reporters write their own articles, or do they usually pass off the information they've gathered to a writer?
Posted by: Aaron | August 12, 2006 8:37 PM
Our reporters write their own stories, though some are edited more heavily than others.
And some perhaps not heavily enough.
Posted by: John McIntyre | August 12, 2006 10:00 PM