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Message: [QUOTE="JohnFSilver, post: 3371627, member: 1618"] This is true. They don't pay journalists for 100% clean copy. They pay journalists for the story, reporting, talent ,and structure. And, when something is on deadline, there is an editor to save you. Think about this, you write a story, are tweeting blogging etc., and writing fast and there are 15K screaming people. That's a talent. First year working as a journalist on a story...I was 5 minutes late getting copy to desk. Press foreman (Jose!) comes up and says "Get the **** Story in now; you are 5 minutes late, you are pushing back the run" I also had a colleague who was very late on a deadline. As the story goes, the editor threatened to drive to new jersey and murder him. I think the editor was serious. LOL. [/QUOTE]