Beth Slater Mason
@newzgrrl
copy editor. #ilovejax, crafts and language. Proud DG, UNF alumna. Sweetie = @masonfamilylaw. New mom. Tweets are all mine.
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Dear FOX Sports, thanks for bringing your best to JAX. B-roll footage is clearly old; the Landing (orange roof) has been gone for 1.5 years. Jacksonville Jaguars #ilovejax #Jaguars #SFvsJAX
Y’all… I’m at my first ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social) in 5 years. Starting off right with the Spelling Bee. #nerdandproud #aces2022 #acesemerge
And there we have a reference to Bill Walsh in the middle of the Spelling Bee. #aces2022 ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social) 😇
First ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social) session is intro to Biz Journalism. Two years ago I would not have understood any of this info. glad the S&P folks also struggle with capping crypto names. #personalgrowth #finance #ACESEMERGE
Editing nonfiction structure: The reader is the hero of the book, even in a memoir. James Harbeck, sesquiotic.bsky.social #acesemerge #aces2022
Pro tip for a conference: find the out-of-the-way bathroom so that you don’t have to wait in line. #ACESEMERGE As Daniel Tiger says, If you have to go potty, stop and go right away.
Stories follow a structure, whether they know it or not. Even our dreams occur in narrative structure. ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social) #acesemerge Talysa Sainz
Agreeing with everything during #acesemerge2022dataviz But especially love this: Let the shape (of the chart) tell the story and make it easy to read. #ACES2022 ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social)
No negative values in pie charts! Other chart types can show negative values. #acesemerge2022dataviz ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social) #Datavisualization
I take #sunshine in the sunshine state for granted. Spoke with an editor from OH who said it’s snowing at home. I was like, of course it’s sunny, why wouldn’t it be in TX? Oops. ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social)
Edibuddies I still haven’t said hi to: Gerri Berendzen Merrill Perlman Teresa Schmedding @MelEdits #ACES2022 #ACESEMERGE22
Visual Grammar: all about CRAP! Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity. Kristy Gilbert is bringing plenty of humor this morning. ACES: The Society for Editing (use other social) #aces2022 #aces2022visual
Memorizing the style book is not a good idea. Look it up! (Language keeps changing.) Merrill Perlman #ACES2022 #ACESEMERGE22
Why does this rule exist? Will the audience be confused by following (or not) this rule? Merrill Perlman #ACES2022 #ACESEMERGE22
On commas: How is the audience approaching this sentence? Are they expecting a pause there? Merrill Perlman #ACES2022 #ACESEMERGE22