Comments on: Speling counts, gramer and punctuation too http://www.advancingthestory.com/2007/10/26/speling-counts-gramer-and-punctuashun-too/ Journalism in a Multimedia World Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:18:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dpotter http://www.advancingthestory.com/2007/10/26/speling-counts-gramer-and-punctuashun-too/comment-page-1/#comment-34 dpotter Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:33:20 +0000 http://advancingthestory.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/speling-counts-gramer-and-punctuashun-too/#comment-34 It's hard to say why people wash out of jobs in bigger markets, but a poor writer can be seen as a "high maintenance" employee who may not be worth the trouble. Once you get to a certain level in this business, there's a presumption that you know what you need to know, including how to write. Unfortunately, most TV newsrooms don't provide or encourage training, so employees who lack basic skills like writing aren't given a chance to improve, they're just sent packing. It’s hard to say why people wash out of jobs in bigger markets, but a poor writer can be seen as a “high maintenance” employee who may not be worth the trouble. Once you get to a certain level in this business, there’s a presumption that you know what you need to know, including how to write. Unfortunately, most TV newsrooms don’t provide or encourage training, so employees who lack basic skills like writing aren’t given a chance to improve, they’re just sent packing.

]]> By: sm312 http://www.advancingthestory.com/2007/10/26/speling-counts-gramer-and-punctuashun-too/comment-page-1/#comment-33 sm312 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:41:24 +0000 http://advancingthestory.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/speling-counts-gramer-and-punctuashun-too/#comment-33 I worked in television for a number of years and can remember anchors and producers who fluffed off good writing skills. I can recall some of them leaving town to work in bigger markets and returning within two months time. Think it had to do with their poor writing skills? They said that it did not. I worked in television for a number of years and can remember anchors and producers who fluffed off good writing skills.
I can recall some of them leaving town to work in bigger markets and returning within two months time.

Think it had to do with their poor writing skills? They said that it did not.

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