Stop the Presses! Pressmen Catch Two-Year-Old Headline

The life of a newsroom copy editor can be difficult, having to comb through thousands of words for errant typos or dangling modifiers. But sometimes the mistakes are staring at you in BIG RED FONT ON PAGE ONE.

The Seattle Times printed 20,000 copies of a “bulldog” – or early edition – of its Sunday paper, featuring the headline “2012 Wrap Up.”

Pressroom employee J. Michael Klop told the media blog JimRomenesko.com that printing press workers noticed the headline early on and alerted the editorial team...