Gin Sexsmith

Endangered species

Endangered species

In an era when the Toronto Sun misspells "Correction" in a correction column, is there any hope for a revival of good copyediting?

By Gin Sexsmith It’s 1972, and the scent of cigarette smoke and stewed coffee acts as a backdrop to the clack clack ching of manual typewriters inThe Globe and Mailnewsroom. Men’s voices fill the room—asking questions, bouncing ideas off one another, laughing at crude jokes. About 15 men in ties and white shirts are seated around a large, […]