THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, August 23, 1995 TAG: 9508220180
SECTION: ISLE OF WIGHT CITIZEN PAGE: 02 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 35 lines
Two stories in last week's Citizen suffered from computer
glitches so severe that we are publishing three photos again today -
and offering apologies to the people involved and to our readers.
The first problem involved our cover stories on area residents
and their recollections of World War II. Within the story layout was
a photo of Smithfield veteran Gurley Barlow, showing the former
artillery regiment officer during his war days. A computer error
replaced Barlow's photo with that of Esther Bull, subject of the
story above Barlow's. As if that weren't bad enough, a photo of
Barlow's brother, Joseph, was replaced with a secondary photo
(distorted as well) from Bull's story.
These changes occurred electronically, after our editors approved
the pages for publication. Our technicians have traced the computer
problem and assure us that it is now fixed.
The second problem involved Brenda Mansfield, member services
supervisor for Community Electric Cooperative, whose photo appeared
with a story on customer refunds. Her image was badly distorted.
The Citizen apologizes to her and the Barlows - and to our
readers.
by CNB