Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Sept. 17

The Thursday, Sept. 17 edition of The Herald-Dispatch was, from my vantage point, better written overall than the week prior.  There were minimal errors and nothing too serious.  Most, if not all, of the errors I discovered were micro editing issues.  

The most reoccurring issues I found were wordiness and ending a lead paragraph with the time element.  I also caught a few examples of beginning a paragraph with a prepositional phrase, which I've been caught doing myself.  

Overall, it was very well written and professional, aside from the select few examples mentioned previously.  

Herald-Dispatch Critique: Thursday, Sept. 10

The Thursday, Sept. 10 edition of The Herald-Dispatch featured minimal errors and was well written overall.  The main error I discovered was on the front page in an article dealing with the 9/11 anniversary.  The date said Sept. 11, 2011 when it should have been 2001.  That jumped out at me and even though it was a minimal error, it was a big one dealing with a topic of the magnitude of 9/11.

I found the most errors in the sports section, and that makes sense.  Most newspapers tend to follow that pattern.  Again, there was nothing serious, but the errors still were there.  I found several instances where there was wordiness and unnecessary words as well.  But all in all, I found this edition to be well written overall.