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=== Issues === One of the problems with copy-editing is that it may slow the publication of the text. With the digital publishing era came an increased demand for a fast turnover of information. Additional details such as color printing, page size, and layout are determined by the allotted budget.<ref name=":0" /> Web-based publications, such as BuzzFeed and ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', do not have enough room in their budgets to keep sufficient staff to edit their massive, daily rushes of content. Therefore copy chief Emmy Favila says lower-priority posts are published without copyedits at Buzzfeed.<ref name="ajr.org">{{Cite web |url=http://ajr.org/2014/05/13/copy-editors-digital-media/ |title= Copy Editors Carve Niche in Digital Media Landscape |access-date=5 April 2016|date= 13 May 2014|publisher=American Journalism Review }}</ref> ''Slate'' does not edit its blog posts before publication, but all of its news articles are copy edited before publication, say ''Slate'' copy chief Lowen Liu and deputy editor Julia Turner.<ref name="ajr.org" /> In response to such high demands for fast-produced content, some online publications have started publishing articles first and then editing later, a process known as back-editing. Editors prioritize stories to edit based on traffic and whether the content was originally reported for needing edits. Reading material has become increasingly accessible to users with a wide range of disabilities. Carolyn Rude exemplifies such cases in alternatively replacing illustrations with text and audio translations for the visually impaired.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Technical editing|last1=Rude|first1=Carolyn D.|date=2006|publisher=Longman|last2=Dayton|first2=David|last3=Maylath|first3= Bruce|isbn=032133082X|edition= 4th|location=New York|oclc=60188071}}</ref> Rude also suggests that web developers attempt to stick to print guidelines, such as "clear and simple language and consistent terms and navigation devices", especially when readers are looking at text in a second language.<ref name=":0"/>
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