You, Our Listeners—And That Editor

This week I happened upon a way to unite two of the more obsessive parts of my persona: the Relentless Copyeditor and the NPR Junkie. Via Twitter, I "met" Ken George, who is the New Media Guy at WBUR, my local NPR affiliate. He recently started a blog called The ConverStation, which is meant to be a public forum about how public radio can connect with listeners through "Web 2.0 and other things." He put out a call for anyone who might be interested in getting involved and taking home a really high salary and lots of extravagant perks. Oh wait, I got that wrong. He wanted to know if anyone would be willing to help out for nothing more than the satisfaction of a job well done and an occasional WBUR mug or T-shirt from the station's closet o' swag.

I checked out the blog and got excited about the content but wasn't sure how I could contribute. Then I spotted a typo. And another. And another! Fast forward to Ken asking if I'd mind editing all the blog posts—and possibly posting something on occasion. Yes, yes, yes! Armed with my new WordPress username and password, I went in and cleaned up errant hyphens and typos in every post that's gone up so far. I was positively giddy, fantasizing about having the skeleton key to every blog so I could do my own version of the Typo Hunt Across America—but all across the blogosphere instead! I'm just delighted to be involved.

Comments

[Miguelina]

Congratulations! Lord know I need someone to clean up my rampant abuses of grammar and punctuation. They're lucky to have you!

[Ken George]

If there is a Typo Hunt Across America, then I must be on its most wanted list! My slippery fingers have earned me a reputation around these parts.

We are extraordinarily fortunate to find someone who thrills to the chase of the errant hyphen and typo. Thanks for combing through all the wreckage.

Now its time to break into the closet to see what other priceless swag is stored there!

[Miguelina]

Think I was kidding about needing an editor? See my typo above. Argh!

[Nancy]

Fantastic! By sheer coincidence, and before I knew about this latest development, I passed along your name and blog address to another luminary of the blogosphere whose posts need your gimlet eye. Stay tuned!

[Kathleen]

That is so cool! I can't wait to check it out.

[Tammy]

That is extremely awesome! Kudos to you.

[Florinda]

Congratulations - it sounds just perfect for you! Excellent use of Twitter, by the way :-).

[Tammy]

"I went in and cleaned up errant hyphens and typos in every post that's gone up so far."

Oh my god, that sounds so deliciously satisfying. I'm jealous!

[Janeen]

You rock!

[Mark]

Too cool.