It's not hard, is it?
...Journalists with qualifications, or even a grasp of the English language, or at least a spellcheck facility at hand?
It's not hard, is it?
Today's headline:
'Toodler tossed from burning building.'
How can these people be allowed to keep their jobs?
Headlines are written by subs in Southampton and not the journos at Hollingbury - not that that is an excuse or taking away from the fact that their is an appalling low standards shown by some reporters on that paper.
I blame the lack of senior journos to show the juniors the way and poor checking by editors before publication.
Weymouth.
Near enough but thanks for fact checking my post. If only the Argus had similar standards!
Headlines are written by subs in Southampton and not the journos at Hollingbury - not that that is an excuse or taking away from the fact that their is an appalling low standards shown by some reporters on that paper.
I blame the lack of senior journos to show the juniors the way and poor checking by editors before publication.
Much as headlines are written by subs not journos the OPs original point remains.
A real shame IMHO. Should be brilliant - and when it goes in a few years time there will be a big commercial hole for someone to jump into and make quite a bit of cash.
Much as headlines are written by subs not journos the OPs original point remains.
The Argus, which has a massive heritage, fantastic news patch and a readership with a great deal of civic pride (and a hugely popular football team, one of the key drivers of local paper sales) is rapidly turning into a massive heap of dirge. The poor standards of the subs are not to blamed on the journos but they're indicative of a massive wider problem.
A real shame IMHO. Should be brilliant - and when it goes in a few years time there will be a big commercial hole for someone to jump into and make quite a bit of cash.
Headlines are written by subs in Southampton and not the journos at Hollingbury - not that that is an excuse or taking away from the fact that their is an appalling low standards shown by some reporters on that paper.
I blame the lack of senior journos to show the juniors the way and poor checking by editors before publication.
If only this were true. It will go in a few years time, probably initially to become a weekly free newspaper ans then will go completely. There is no money in regional press.
They moved to Weymouth this summer. Weymouth is 62 miles from Southampton, which is bad enough, but just the 125 miles away that Brighton's 'local' paper is subbed and printed in...
Not just the Argus, it seems!!