Austin speaking:

When someone is an editor for a newspaper, it’s obviously their duty to edit. Whether it be copy, secondary copy, designs, photos or captions, editing is crucial. Our last issue, for some reason, we had an unusual problem with typos. This was out of character for our staff, who usually does a great job avoiding errors. But this issue was definitely our most stressful for some reason, so I guess I can see how everyone let silly typos slip by. Luckily, however, Kristina, Hanna and I checked for typos extra thoroughly before sending to the press. Be sure to check out issue five online; but if you happen to spot a typo, don’t tell us or we’ll feel especially disappointed this time around.

Kristina speaking:

Issue five had an unusually long deadline – something we thought would be very beneficial to our staff. However, it turns out that the longer the deadline, the longer our staff waits to complete their stories. I understand that, it’s human nature to procrastinate. But I don’t understand why this issue our staff overlooked the simple typos that spellcheck would catch. I love you guys, I really do, but if see one more misplaced apostrophe or a ‘their’ instead of ‘there,’ you will get the boot no questions asked. Just kidding. Sort of. But really, spell check is a beautiful thing. Use it.

Hanna speaking:

Austin, Kristina and I always make sure we edit the paper before sending it to the printer. We go through the pages, read the copy and captions, make sure the page numbers are correct and look for any other mistakes. Usually, we scoff at some of the little mistakes that were overlooked, fix them and move on. But this time it was another story. This issue can be described in one word, and I won’t sugarcoat it: procrastination. As a staff, almost everyone put their work off until the last minute. So at the end of Monday night, when the paper was supposed to be finished, we were really disappointed. When the pages are full of typos and errors, it’s hard to look past those mistakes and see the actual content. But after spending an unbelievable amount of time fixing little mistakes, we were finally able to take a step back and realize that issue five turned out really well, thanks to spellcheck and some sleep-deprived editors.