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In 1997 I spent six months on a contract editing the Australian Net Guide. At the time it was owned by Ozemail.

The job was great fun and I worked with some terrific people. This story appeared in The Australian as we went to press with an issue looking at online sex. The content was far more innocent than you might imagine, but we still sealed the section – ANG was, after all, a family magazine.

Written by Bill Bennett

August 18th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Newspaper headline of the day: Wednesday

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Here's one I'm pleased I had nothing to do with.

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From Mumbrella: Embarassing typo in The Australian after News Limited boss speaks about the health of the industry

See: With newspapers you’re wrong forever at Mumbrella.

This is why newspapers need skilled, experienced sub-editors.

Written by Bill Bennett

July 8th, 2009 at 1:00 am

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Tagged with Australian, Journalism, newspapers, writing