Why doesn't my SE know how to write?

Does your boss know how you feel?

Your boss' edit was awful, by the way. I probably would have reworked it this way: The Flyers have four goals in four games.

 

this is solid advice. it works in all businesses, not just journalism. it's tough for sirvaliant because he's an intern (i think) but everyone should learn their boss' strengths and weaknesses and play to them. it doesn't mean you're a wuss just because instead of telling the boss all your ideas you beat around the bush and make your boss feel like all these great ideas were his in the first place.

 

I can do even better: The Flyers suck.
;D

 

those who can, do. those who can't become sports editors. ;D ;D ;D

 

Hilarious/mortifying. Woke up today to find that the word "time-wisened" in my lead had become "time-widened".

Yes, widened with time...like Shawn Kemp and Ronaldo.

 

You are looking for another job, right?

 

I am but an intern.

 

could you possibly be referring to anyone I know? ;D

 

Echo the advice of keeping an original clip.

Another way to go is to get the page it was on (through Quark or InDesign), coverting the page to a .pdf and editing the .pdf in Acrobat. I've done that for several of my clips.

 

"Time-wisened" to "time-widened" is a tough one...
He/she changed the meaning, and that's a strike against the 1st Commandment of line editing.
Now, would you like some advice?:
Stay away from clumsy, antiquated hyphenates in your lead and you wouldn't have had a problem.

 

Absolutely absolutely. I realized how stupid the word was the minute I left the newsroom. So lesson learned, thank you for the advice, and I'll take a quarter of the blame for this one...but no more than a quarter, since a clumsy and antiquated hyphenate beats a non-existent hyphenate.

 

Isn't this deceitful? The employer asks for "published clips" or "published samples of your work" and you give them something different, albeit only slightly, from what was published.

If you're transparently submitting "originals" -- sending in Word documents, for example -- I think it's cool. But to try to pass off something that's not the published version as the published version? Seems problematic.