We all make mistakes.
When I was an editorial assistant I used to stay up nights worrying about typos I hadn’t caught or facts I hadn’t rechecked. Readers depended on me to do a thorough job, and I didn’t want to let them down.
Now as editor-in-chief my responsibility is to readers and contributors alike. It’s a big deal to be published in America’s only magazine devoted to angels! I want the experience to be one our contributors will remember forever. Every page in the magazine was to be perfect.
Of course it doesn’t always happen that way. We made a mistake in a recent issue, and to me it was a mistake of the worst kind. We published the wrong byline on Jo Donofrio’s “Angels in Bloom” story. She was gracious when we called, but I wanted to set the record straight. How could I reach as many people as possible—and fast?
An on-the-ball editorial assistant (like I used to be) had today’s answer: Facebook! We were able to go right onto the Angels on Earth page and tell our 2,153 friends what had happened. We posted Jo’s story with the right byline this time, and I could count on the Angels friends to get the word out to those who weren’t online. Instant correction! What a godsend!
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