Anyone who has written for any publication knows that not all editors are created equally. A few are great, a few are terrible and most are good at one kind of editing, but not another. So maybe it is time to outsource editing by tradining up rather than trading down. See my post at Representative Journalism for more details.
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.