Reading Hugo Lindgren's Essay Be Wrong As Fast As You Can

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“Editing allows me to collaborate with people whose talents make up for my weaknesses.” Reading Hugo Lindgren’s article “Be Wrong as Fast as You Can”, this quote stuck out to me more than any other. Last year I began writing for the Crimson White newspaper, and after almost 40 articles I began to realize that I had found a rhythm to writing and began to think that I was pretty good. However, this past summer I spent some time as a copy editor and realized very quickly where my weaknesses were. Being able to edit other people’s work really connected me as a writer to others who were far better than I was. As journalism students we spend so much time reading news, and through doing that we learn so much through other’s style. On the other hand, it was not until I began editing other people’s work that I realized how much I had to learn. …show more content…

It has been funny to me during the first week of classes how many teachers have asked the question, “how many of you are good at math,” because it is usually assumed that if you are good at writing it is probably one of the only things that you are really good at. Therefore, it becomes very scary to think of yourself as doing anything other than writing. Journalism is also one of the scariest job markets to enter into. Even former president Obama stated that “traditional journalism is dead,” (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/314759-obama-traditional-journalism-is-dead) so why do we do it? We continue on because we love it. We love to write, but for every good writer there is a good

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