Photo Credit In Hoboken Newspaper

The Proofreader recently contributed a photograph to Hoboken Progress, a weekly newspaper that covers "the mile square." As you can see below, the picture is of a pet waste sign posted in Hoboken that features sloppy copy and was the subject of the Proofreader's very first post on the blog. Notice the caption and photo credit printed beneath the picture.

The picture accompanies a story about a government official's Draconian proposals to punish residents who violate local pooper-scooper laws with a stiff fine ($2,000) and good ol' fashion public humiliation (the pooper scooper-offender's picture posted on a Web site, not unlike many municipalities do for sex offenders). The editor of Hoboken Progress contacted the Proofreader and asked for a clean copy of the picture, hence the mistakes aren't highlighted. To see the highlighted version, click here or here.

"Hoboken Now" Blog Picks Up Proofreader Story

The blog Hoboken Now on NJ.com picked up a story first reported by the Proofreader back in November about mistake-riddled street signs in Hoboken, New Jersey. The signs feature sloppy use of a hyphen and a misspelling of the word pursuant, as you can see in the highlighted picture below.

For the original post, click here.