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Nightmare Jobs of the Week

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Procedure

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Is YOUR newsroom enthusiastic?

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Thu Nov 07, 2002 6:27 pm

Phillip Blanchard

Indoor plumbing coming soon!

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Thu Nov 07, 2002 4:37 pm

QuarkMaker skills sought

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Sun Nov 03, 2002 5:46 pm

Wayne Countryman

Sartorial skills wanted!

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Sat Nov 02, 2002 6:19 pm

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Dancing about architecture

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Sat Nov 02, 2002 6:14 pm

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Must be willing to ....

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Sat Nov 02, 2002 6:09 pm

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WHOOP! WHOOP! Gannett alert!

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Fri Nov 01, 2002 4:28 am

The cat's out of the bag

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Thu Oct 31, 2002 10:02 pm

Caveat

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Mon Oct 21, 2002 1:40 pm

Passionate criticism

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Fri Oct 18, 2002 3:19 pm

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$350 a week???

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Fri Oct 18, 2002 3:15 pm

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Go Huskers????

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Fri Oct 18, 2002 3:13 pm

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Proofreading skills not necessary

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Fri Oct 18, 2002 3:12 pm

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Driving ambition?

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Mon Oct 07, 2002 6:21 pm

Phillip Blanchard

Grammatical skills not required, but a knack for schmooz

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Tue Oct 01, 2002 3:29 pm

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They must be trying

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Fri Sep 27, 2002 8:55 pm

Bleak, Damp, Hot, Dusty

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Wed Sep 25, 2002 9:21 pm

Klever

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Mon Sep 23, 2002 2:12 pm

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They've expired.

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Mon Sep 23, 2002 1:12 am

THIS is what editors are getting paid now?

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Sun Sep 22, 2002 1:25 am

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Oh, shut up

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Sat Sep 21, 2002 2:57 pm

Phillip Blanchard

What does "competitive salary" mean to you?

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Wed Sep 18, 2002 1:51 pm

Why so little info given?

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Wed Sep 18, 2002 1:34 pm

Second job at Taco Bell necessary

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Tue Sep 17, 2002 3:11 pm

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Belt-tightening in the Beltway?

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Wed Sep 11, 2002 1:52 pm

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Putrescent pitch from Pocatello

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Mon Sep 02, 2002 12:13 pm

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Do the math

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Sun Sep 01, 2002 9:32 pm

With an ad like this, where do you begin???

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Sat Aug 03, 2002 1:05 am

Phillip Blanchard

Non-E&P Nightmares

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Tue Jul 30, 2002 1:10 pm

What a deal!

Phillip Blanchard

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Tue Jul 23, 2002 10:00 pm

Exactly where is South Dakota again?

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Thu Jul 18, 2002 12:54 pm

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Mentally ill candidates sought

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Wed Jul 17, 2002 2:49 pm

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Beaches are overrated

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Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:32 am

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"Asking a lot"

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Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:28 am

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Anticipate THIS!

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Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:22 am

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Run toward the exits

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Mon Jul 15, 2002 9:45 am

Hogwash

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It wasn't for the pictures

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Fri Jun 21, 2002 5:25 pm

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Shh. We can't talk about it.

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Tue Jun 04, 2002 8:43 pm

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Ahoy!

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Tue Jun 04, 2002 8:40 pm

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No deal

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Fri May 17, 2002 11:21 pm

Phillip Blanchard

Warning! This honor has expired!

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Head-scratcher

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Tue May 07, 2002 3:33 pm

A man and his vision

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Don't tempt us

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Fri Apr 19, 2002 9:24 pm

Phillip Blanchard

Can't Fool Us

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Help wanted

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Help wanted

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O Captain!

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O Captain!

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"This is like group therapy with prisoners in the Poynter Institute's dungeon." ... "You take a vocation that the simple-minded consider to be mere drudgery, and you exploit every bit of fascinating and humorous nuance imaginable." ... "Delicious" ... "Ask your professors? The only professors whose opinions matter are named Walsh, Blanchard and McIntyre." ... "What I come here for, I can find ONLY here. Phillip, you've built a great place." ... "Nothing gets us hotter than reading bitchy discussion threads from over-exhausted copy editors endlessly debating the merits of "theater" versus "theatre." ... "I love this site. It's better than the Kool-Aid acid tests." ..."I'm awed at the efficiency with which matters of opinion get hashed out in this forum." ... "Phil is the bomb!" ... "I'd wager that it's exactly your sort of hidebound thinking that contributes to the problems newspapers are having attracting readers." ... "I'm totally obsessed with this site. It's like porn--if you get off on Scrabble." ... "It reveals the backstage carping and vindictive emotions that roil the souls of those trapped at the copy desks." "When they say "testy," they certainly mean it. Whether it's reporters, editors, or the general public, no one is above their savage snark." ... "An apparent crack in the thin grey line." ..."Testy Copy Editors is a bitchboard for journalism's underclass." ... "My desire to read 'Testy Copy Editors' is only rivalled by my desire to pop "Constipated Call Girls" in the DVD player." ... "Phillip Blanchard is not just a testy copy editor, but a prophet scorned in his own time, and those of us who defend wordplay will be punished for it come the Judgment Day." ... "Phil Blanchard is as dashing in person as he is at the TCE board." ... "As far as writing and editing go: Read this board, read Bill Walsh, memorize the style book, read William Zinsser, and read the New York Times. That's a good start." ... "You should let go of your bitterness. You were not the oppressed talent you thought yourself to be. You were a miserable, brooding, silent, joyless grind, lucky to have a job at the Sun-Times, and we're lucky now that you've moved on to afflict others."