One Edit Gone Bad: Why Some Editors Need to Be More Cautious of Articles

Note: Editors don't take this the wrong way if you do so.

As BleacherReport continues to grow as an independent sports media outlet, the site's administrators are continuing to find ways to improve the site, such as the user rankings, and more ways to get many of the Bleacher Creatures' work out to the world.

Many of the writers' articles appear on multiple outside sports media sites, and leads to new opportunities and increased exposure for hopeful sports writers.

Yet, we must be open and thankful to our hundreds of editors, who take their time to help us learn from our mistakes, and give us tips via B/R guidelines to help us write our articles in the right format.

Though people have had trouble with editors in the past, I have not experienced this stress.

If an editor changed a title that I didn't care for, I simply changed it back and it was the end of the discussion.

However, after a recent article of mine turned a table for the worse because of an edit, I do need to speak out on this situation. Editors, while they want to help and I love the feedback I have gotten over the months, need to be careful of the edits they make.

A couple of days ago I wrote an article that was a simple breaking news/rumors report. In the conversation, I discussed a little bit about a team struggling in the preseason, and not having a certain player who has been linked to trade rumors.

The article did get a lot of reads, but when I returned, I noticed that the title had been changed, and because of that, caused a temper flare from a fan.

The title was changed from a reporting or breaking news story, to one that looked like an opinion article, which made the short content in the story seem like I was bashing the team in question.

One fan said a little too much for my taste, and in a way caused some extra controversy with other comments that wasn't really needed.

Don't get me wrong, I can take criticism when it's due. I have taken it before, and it has made me stronger as a writer.

However, my beef with this situation is taking heat when it was not necessary, simply because the title of the article was changed and made the viewers deem it as an opinionated article, which led to a controversy that wasn't needed.

That is my only problem that I have encountered regarding editors thus far, and hopefully it will not happen again.