Sub-editors are not always those creatures whose English can be termed ‘impeccable.’ Once, a sub-editor overlooked a reporter’s heading that read: JAYALALITHAA DISTRIBUTES AIDS. Luckily, we changed the heading before it went for printing, but not before there were many off-colour jokes at the expense of Jayalalthaa and the reporter. And then again there was [...]
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The Joke’s on us
Posted in Career listings, tagged actress Lakshmi, Cauvery issue, English, JAYALALITHA, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, News Today, newspaper, reporter, sub, Sub-editors on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Journalist’s dictionary II – crime reporting
Posted in Career listings, tagged accused, Anna Nagar K4 police station, Asst Police Comissioner, boyfriends, case has been filed, city police stations, constables, crime reporting, deputed, dragnet, Encounter, Further investigations are on, Journalist's dictionary, lookout, mysterious death, Police teams, police version, policeman, rape, reporter, Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), sexually assualted, sub-editor, top brass, vernacular newspaper, victim, word count on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A case has been filed: Its a normal day The Anna Nagar K4 police station has registered the case under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)….: The reporter has a word count and he’s falling short A case has been filed. Further investigations are on: The sub-editor need a few more words for [...]
TOI’s arrival in Chennai
Posted in Writer's block, tagged beat, boss, Chennai, hepatitis, HR personnel, New Indian Express, press conference, recruitment drives, reporter, tennis elbow, Times of India, TOI, TOI Chennai aspirant, working journalist, writer’s block on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re a working journalist, whose ambit is Chennai, the first mission of your life should be getting a placement in the Times of India. The TOI, which has been promising to come for many years, has finally got bored with the hype of arriving and decided to get the irksome job of getting to [...]
