tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post7287549207065658448..comments2023-07-02T04:15:37.975-04:00Comments on Eye on The Record: More problems on the news copy deskVictor E. Sassonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-77945328501038661432010-10-04T19:59:21.767-04:002010-10-04T19:59:21.767-04:00I always wrote my jump heads before I left in May ...I always wrote my jump heads before I left in May 2008. So I'm not sure your information is correct. If the layout editors are doing it now, it should stop.Victor E. Sassonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920237909721053423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392667231013508141.post-22309153358270600622010-10-04T17:36:40.766-04:002010-10-04T17:36:40.766-04:00While headlines at the Record could use a bit of i...While headlines at the Record could use a bit of improvement in general, it's not entirely correct to blame errant jump heads on the slot person being asleep at the wheel. From what I understand -- having never set foot in the Record newsroom, but having some friends who used to work there -- jump heads are often written by layout editors who are SUPPOSED to run them past the copy desk but often do not. I imagine in recent times, with shorter staffs and heavier workloads, that practice by the layout editors has increased rather than decreased. Of course, the poor reader has little knowledge of how this system works and is thus victimized by the layout editors' lack of jumphead writing expertise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com