This person will also help plan our weekly and long-term coverage. 538 is seeking a meticulous and efficient Senior Copy Editor to edit articles and facilitate the flow of copy through the newsroom.

A: To be a copy editor at any newspaper you should first of all have good news judgment, know how to write, be detail-oriented, juggle, shift gears quickly, lead by example and negotiate with finesse.

Every now and then, people ask me whether I actually enjoy my job. They point out that I spend hours at The Michigan Daily every week making others look better and ask me if, deep down, I’d rather ...

The year was 1997. ACES: The Society for Editing — formerly known as the American Copy Editors Society — was founded as a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in copy editing.

Once the unsung heroes of the newsroom, copy editors have been laid off in droves as media companies become leaner, meaner and riddled with typos. But amidst the collapse of the old journalism model ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. You may come across the occasional writer who will claim (wrongly) that they don’t need an editor, but you will ...

Q: I am recently laid off from a small daily, where I was assistant managing editor. I am pursuing copy editing positions. My question has to do with requests for samples of my work. I have plenty of ...

Announcement from Multiplatform Editing Chief Courtney Rukan, Deputy Multiplatform Editing Chief Brian Cleveland and News Service Managing Editor Effie Dawson: We are thrilled to announce that Allison ...

ProPublica announced Wednesday that Colleen Barry is joining the newsroom as a copy editor. She will work in tandem with the assistant managing editor for standards, Diego Sorbara, to maintain the ...

Like many journalists, I used to have editors to help polish my prose. Now I work independently. No more editors. I still need an outside perspective, though, and copy editing help. (Does this make ...

Sent on behalf of Assistant Managing Editor for Multiplatform Editing Loree Matsui and Features Copy Desk Manager Blake Hennon: Gillian Glover has joined the Los Angeles Times staff on the Features ...