Their is a mistake in this headline

Can you spot the mistake? In newspapers across the world there is at least one mistake in every printed edition. Often the mistakes are mild, rarely attracting the attention of most readers. Occasionally, the mistakes glare off the page. One of the most infamous errors in the history of newspapers was a headline published by the Chicago Tribune stating "Dewey defeats Truman."

While attending college, I would often read the Statesman, Indiana State University's newspaper. From time to time I would find a variety of mistakes including: grammatical errors, misspellings, or jumps that lead to nowhere.

Arrogantly, I laughed at their mistakes. To me they were obvious. How could they miss something so rudimentary? I could not believe that an editor would let the paper go to press with an error as simple as using the wrong "there." I knew I could write better than the stories I was reading in the Statesman and one day I stubbornly walked to the Statesman office on campus and filled out an application.

In my first week, I learned that not all names were spelled the same when I was assigned to write an article over a woman named Hailey.

Hailey was one of the first interviews I conducted. In order to make a good impression, I arrived early for our meeting. I had my questions prepared, my recorder in hand. After we shook hands, she told me her name, and wrote it in my notebook. Hailey graciously answered all of my questions, which lead to a plethora of great quotes.

For two hours I wrote and rewrote the story ­-- checking for grammar, or any extraneous errors. When I submitted my story, I was satisfied -- the words were sound, the tone was perfect.

The next morning, I proudly walked into the office where I picked up a fresh copy of the Statesman. My story made the front page. As a new reporter, there is no greater accomplishment than seeing your name inscribed on the byline, especially if the story is at the top of the page. My joy though was soon shattered when, after arriving to my desk, a note was attached to my computer which read "Haylee, not Hailey." I misspelled her name throughout the whole story. The worst part about errors in newspapers, is once the story is printed, you cannot fix any errors.

One fact I have learned since working at newspapers, is when you make a mistake once, you rarely make it again.

I have been working with the Greene County Daily World for three months. Since my employment I have been exposed to not only writing stories, but preparing the paper for press. It is through these experiences I have learned how easily mistakes are made. Since working as a reporter, I have made almost every error. I have misspelled headlines, broken the most rudimentary grammar rules, put the wrong jump line on a story and I have even placed the wrong crossword puzzle and television data for the day on the Entertainment page.

In the past, when I have written academic papers, I had the benefit of time. Usually your first drafts are awful, almost unreadable. My high school English teacher once told me, "That is why we have second drafts." Unfortunately at the newspaper, time is not in abundance. It painfully works against you. As a reporter, the deadline is always pressing on your mind and when you write fast, you make mistakes. But, it has been through these experiences, that I have garnered a greater appreciation for errors. Today when I pick up a newspaper and read a misspelled headline I no longer think, "How could they have missed that?"