Archive for July, 2009

In Appreciation: Walter Cronkite & A Personal Share »

By Roberta Rosenberg on Jul 18, 2009 in In Appreciation | 2 Comments

You have or will read a great deal about Walter Cronkite today.

How, for a generation, he was the most trusted man in America. How when he concluded each news broadcast with “And that’s the way it is …”, and how you believed it because our “Uncle Walter” told it to us like it was. Old [...]

Friday Video Funnies: “The The Impotence of Proofreading” »

By Roberta Rosenberg on Jul 7, 2009 in Copy Laffs, Videos | 2 Comments

(I know it’s not Friday, but if it were Friday this is precisely the kind of video I’d want to share.)
I’m a pretty fair writer, but as a proofreader? Not so hot. I rely on others to find the dropped words and typos I missed on the second, third go around. What I love about [...]