Good luck, Marian
We have many valuable journalists here whose names rarely if ever appear in the newspaper, but without them we'd never get a newspaper out.
Marian Cowhig, who has been a copy editor here for five-and-a-half years, is one of them. Unfortunately for us, she's leaving to take a job at Pace Communications as copy chief for Teradata Magazine. While it's a good opportunity for Marian, it is our loss. She wrote one of my favorite opening lines in a job application: "Some people measure success in dollars and cents. I measure it in points and picas." (That's copy editing lingo.)
Her boss, news editor Teresa Prout, said this about her: "A Northwestern University grad, she has developed into a strong editor and a major contributor to the desk in many, many ways. For the past couple of years, she has been responsible for recruiting and hiring our copy desk intern. She has done an excellent job, leaving behind a recruiting process that we will continue to use for years to come. I thank her and I look forward to watching her progress in her career."
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Hah, I knew that name sounded familiar. I'm pretty sure Marian graduated the same year as I did from Medill. Good luck, Cowhig, good luck!
Posted on March 3, 2005 1:02 PM
"A Northwestern grad"... Great.
Unforunately, I think this proves the point I tried to make a month or so ago... Editors there are very hung up on the "status" of their hires.
This by no means is meant as a slight to the departing person, but the wording of the departure certainly gives some insight into the thinking there.
Posted on March 3, 2005 6:39 PM
As a skin-of-my-teeth graduate of St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, N.C., I'm proud of anyone who is able to graduate from college regardless of where it is or whatever hang up someone have about it.
Posted on March 3, 2005 9:31 PM