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Old films and the age of ‘the stone’

By Julie Starr | Published: October 4, 2010
There’s something irresistible about the old print industry footage kicking around on YouTube. These are all from the 1950s. Making a newspaper: (perfect if you want to know what ‘the stone’ looked like and where the term proof reading came from): ‘Public opinion in a Democracy’: A Soviet newsreel – Kruschev visits Mao:
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Dear BBC, thanks for letting me help

By Julie Starr | Published: February 9, 2008
Wow. That was quick. I noticed a typo earlier on a BBC story and decided to see if they had a way for readers to contact them about howlers. I found one and sent in the typos. Sure enough, 5 minutes later when I checked the story again, the changes had been made
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