THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2005
Morning Call | American Journalism Review
"We start work when most people are quitting for the day, and we develop the kind of gallows humor that comes from regularly ingesting stories of humanity at its worst," writes
Margie Peterson. "More than a few of us have the pallid complexion of those who don't see much daylight and the eclectic frame of reference of people who read for a living." PLUS: The Morning Call loses
Jeff Balsai -- a copy editor who had the patience to explain to a reader why the Serbs, the Croats and Bosnian Muslims were warring. (Balsai took the buyout.) ||
From the new AJR: Copy editors shed some light on their a.m. alter egos.
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