Page One Editor

Charles F. Mansbach

Mansbach has been the editor in charge of the front page of the Globe in its final stages since the 1980s. He began working for daily newspapers in 1966 and joined the Globe in 1978.

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To Grammar’s House

Yesterday’s gone

By Charles F. Mansbach ,

For the first time in more than four decades, Globe articles do not employ “yesterday, “today,” and “tomorrow.”

To Grammar’s House

Swept away by colorful writing

By Charles F. Mansbach , Globe Staff

Attempts at writing colorful prose often clutter the narrative more than they enhance the story, leaving the reader bobbing and churning as if stuck at sea on a small boat.

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The scoop on labels

By Charles F. Mansbach , Globe Staff

Copy editors were thrown askew when Louise White, the $336.4 million lottery winner, placed her winnings in a trust that misspelled “sherbet.”

To Grammar’s House

Clanging off the rim

By Charles F. Mansbach , Globe Staff

Should headline writers give in to the temptation of terms like “Linsanity”? Or should they stick with words that actually exist?