Great, story! Bringing back good (well OK, the mistakes are painful) memories of our days back at the Snooze. We were a scrappy bunch!
One of my more memorable fuck-ups was publishing a headline on the front page of the Lake Oswego Review that said "pubic meeting" instead of "public meeting." GAH. Tony made a somewhat cuter mistake at the Gresham Outlook when he spelled the town of Camas, "Camus" on the front page. Ahh, fuck-ups indeed.
Three thumbs up, Eric! Sixth Rule of Journalism: Always carry an extra thumb.
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Great, story! Bringing back good (well OK, the mistakes are painful) memories of our days back at the Snooze. We were a scrappy bunch!
One of my more memorable fuck-ups was publishing a headline on the front page of the Lake Oswego Review that said "pubic meeting" instead of "public meeting." GAH. Tony made a somewhat cuter mistake at the Gresham Outlook when he spelled the town of Camas, "Camus" on the front page. Ahh, fuck-ups indeed.