As an editor by trade, I can't help but notice when things go awry on the printed page. We all need editors. Editors need editors! Here are three items that popped out at me this morning:
1) From a Vancouver Courier article about the Stream of Dreams Murals Society, of which I chair the board.
Part of the article describes the history of how the watershed education/community art program started. The first mural went around a vacant, rubble-filled lot ten years ago:
...The eyesore sat abandoned while the owner fought with the city council of the day for permission to build a hotel."I just looked horrible," says [SDMS founder] Towell...
Yes, "I" should have been "It".
It was a great story, though!
2) The Vancouver Sun waffles on usage with Canadian Forces on page B1:
"The Canadian Forces have been taking a low-key approach to its involvement in the Games."
3) The Vancouver Sun slashes the population of the GVRD, now known as Metro Vancouver, on page A6:
"The total amount of regional parkland increased to 66,300 hectares in 2006.... But due to increased population, the amount of parkland per capita dropped to 29.8 hectares...."
Hm, that puts the Metro Vancouver population at 2,225.
Posted by Paul at January 30, 2009 08:50 AM