The fact of the matter.The fact of the matter: Your point about fact-checking is well-taken ["Editor's Angle," CW, January-February 2006]. We produce a daily electronic newsletter along with our print publication for the employees and contractors of our electric utility (the print publication also is mailed to retirees), and all stories have to be approved through the writer by the source for factual accuracy before being submitted to the editors for publication. Then we have two people edit each story for the electronic newsletter and three people edit the stories for the print publication. We found that this process, while tedious, has helped boost our credibility with our readers. Before we tightened our editing and approval process, we had typos slip through, we published inaccurate stories, or we failed to run stories past all of the parties who might be affected by them. While we're not perfect, now our editors work with the writers in the cases where the source isn't happy with the story or wants to rewrite re·write v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes v.tr. 1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise. 2. it. That way we all come to a consensus on a story that's both accurate and one that the source and the writer can live with. Our editors have a broad range of expertise across the company, so we can look at stories and ask if such and such a department has seen it or can ask (horror) if it has been run by Legal. Knowing what stories will cause your Benefits or Legal department heartburn heartburn, burning sensation beneath the breastbone, also called pyrosis. Heartburn does not indicate heart malfunction but results from nervous tension or overindulgence in food or drink. , and getting their input and buy-in prior to publication, is what has made us credible and helped us create award-winning publications and stories. It's also why the officers call the internal communications  This article's grammar usage needs improvement. Please edit this article in accordance with Wikipedia's . team as well as the media relations team when they need help with a situation or want to communicate something. --Kevin E. Snow, ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Arizona Public Service Arizona Public Service Company is the largest electric utility in Arizona and the principal subsidiary of publicly-traded S&P 500 member Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (NYSE: PNW), which in turn had been formerly named AZP Group Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix /ˈfiːˌnɪks/ (English: Phoenix, Navajo: Hoozdo, lit. "the place is hot", Western Apache: Fiinigis) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. |
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