21. Web Training For Copy Editors Web resources for copy editors There s loads their newspapers. A JobsPage sampling of Web resources for copy editors finds four flavors http://www.freep.com/jobspage/academy/copyhelp.htm

Web resources for copy editors There's loads to learn on the Web, and it should be no surprise that there's plenty for copy editors, who often become the Web-savviest people at their newspapers. A JobsPage sampling of Web resources for copy editors finds four flavors: Institutions , such as the Poynter Institute and the American Press Institute, that offer some of their traditional, high-quality fare in a new package. Entrepreneurs , generally individuals, posting appetizers that they hope will tempt you to order from their menus. Individuals . You know who these folks are! They work on copy desks everywhere. (One could be sitting right next to you.) They throw their stuff onto the Web because they care and because they can, not because they expect to make any money. This is where some of the best fun is. Academia . We're seeing more and more J-profs post their material on the Web. Take a look. It's not exactly distance learning. It can be more like lurking in the back of the classroom. INSTITUTIONS Poynter's index of articles about copy editors and copy editing gives you a ton of information from rewards and recognition to scheduling and job rotation. You'll find article from the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and ASNE movers and shakers Merv Aubespin, Gene Foreman and Bill Connolly.

22. Clips For Copy Editors Clip tips for copy editors. By JOE GRIMM Detroit development editor. copy editors, you have a tough, tough time showing clips of your work. Just as http://www.freep.com/jobspage/toolkit/clipcopy.htm

Clip tips for copy editors By JOE GRIMM Detroit Free Press Recruiting and development editor Copy editors, you have a tough, tough time showing clips of your work. Just as a good editor's hand is invisible to readers and sometimes the writers it is tough to show your work in a quick, clean way to an editor. But notimpossible. Copy editors basically do two or three things. They edit, they write headlines and some do pagination or design. The latter two skills are easier to demonstrate than the first. If you've done some design work, especially if it would be part of your new job, enclose some pages. Note what work you did on the page, whether it was total layout, headlines and editing, or just the design. Headlines give you a real opportunity to show off, but few copy editors do. Enclose a sheet of your best headlines. Detroit Free Press Deputy Managing Editor Julie Topping says "copy chiefs like headlines the way city editors like leads." Your sheet should contain just headlines. No stories, no leads, just headlines. If they're not clear enough to stand on their own, don't use them. Be sure to include some of the tough-count headlines of three or four lines on one column. And choose them to reflect a range of skills and subjects. Copy editing is the toughest skill to show in clips. A few copy editors submit before-and-after printouts. Or stories with penciled-in editing marks. Forget it. Not many editors will take the time to compare a couple of long stories, side by side, to check your editing. Here's a fresh approach: Send a set of leads, before and after, neatly printed out, side by side. The comparisons will be easier to make, and we won't have to follow long stories that might have needed reorganization or squint through pencil scribbles.

23. PJNet Today: Will Weblogs Make Copy Editors Obsolete? February 23, 2004. Will Weblogs Make copy editors Obsolete? Tom bloggers? And then for news organizations and especially copy editors. http://pjnet.org/weblogs/pjnettoday/archives/000128.html

PJNet Today A Public Journalism Network Weblog by Leonard Witt and Colleagues PJNet.org Home February 23, 2004 Will Weblogs Make Copy Editors Obsolete? Tom Mangan’s key quote: “Corporate execs would love to be told, "look at blogs, they're all unedited and people love them. Think how much more money we'd make if we weren't paying all these editors." Tom Mangan is a features desk copy editor at the San Jose Mercury News and is well known in journalism blogging circles for Prints the Chaff , his weblog for newspaper editors. In March he will be presenting a panel at the American Copy Editors Society (ACES) conference entitled “ The Future Doesn’t Need Us: Weblogs and the End of Editing as We’ve Known It” It’s an intriguing title. Let’s find out what it means in this Leonard Witt Instant Messenger Interview. Leonard Witt: Hi, Tom. First I want to tell you I love your weblog Prints the Chaff. But let’s get into it. What do you mean when you say: The Future Doesn’t Need Us: Weblogs and the End of Editing as We’ve Known It?” Tom Mangan: It's basically a response to the many webloggers' assertion that editing is unnecessary. I'm hoping to prove them wrong.

24. E-resources ERESOURCES FOR copy editors. (a work in progress). WHAT DO copy editors DO? and What Should They Not Do? Anne Glover, assistant managing http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/eresources.html

Editing Workshop, G54.1123, Spring 2004 Sonia Jaffe Robbins home syllabus weekly assignments ... site map E-RESOURCES FOR COPY EDITORS (a work in progress) 1. Reference Facts Words Journalism and media Miscellaneous ... Word Fun If you have suggestions for this list, send them to me. Students in the Editing Workshop, G54.1123, will receive extra credit for their suggestions. Send a description of what you've found, with the URL, to the class mailing list/forum, copyxediting. We'll check it out and discuss online how useful the resource is. ADDED JANUARY 2004 100 Most Often Misspelled Words in English American Biz Jargon Army units: size and commanders Conversions Online ... Urban Legends REFERENCE Facts ACES Reference list The American Copy Editors' Society offers a wide variety of useful noncommercial information available on the Web journalism associations, federal statistics, even crossword puzzle help. Amazon.com At least as good a resource as Books in Print for checking book titles and authors' names . Click on the book jacket, if it's available, to verify name spelling. However, Amazon's search engine has become unwieldy lately, because it's trying to do too much for too many disparate audiences. If you're checking a specific title, use the Books Advanced Search only.

25. Windhaven Press: Treatise On Publishing Why copy editors Are Necessary A Small Treatise on the Publishing World. I d like magazine and newspaper). What are copy editors? http://www.windhaven.com/copyedit.htm

Why Copy Editors Are Necessary: A Small Treatise on the Publishing World I'd like to take a moment to explain just what copy editors in the fiction field do, with the perspective of almost 20 years in the field, having been a developmental editor, acquiring editor, copy editor, and managing (production) editor over time. (An even better question is, who is left to develop the manuscript to its full potential in the first place? Nowadays? ... often a freelance developmental editor. (NB: Copy editors in other fields, such as newspapers and magazines, traditionally work more directly with the copy that has been fully developed and checked by the editor/writer. Part of this accounts for, I believe, the dim view some people have taken of copy editors: they believe all that they do is check for grammar and impose spelling and rules upon prose ... a pleasant but somewhat anal-retentive task. Book copy editors do a far wider job in 99% of the cases, due to the reasons noted above.) (Q: Does anal retentive have a hyphen? A: If you know the answer, then you may be a good copy editor. If you've heard this joke before, undoubtedly you

26. Windhaven : A Small Treatise On Publishing-Why Copyeditors Are Necessary add/read comments about this article. Why copy editors Are Necessary A Small Treatise on the Publishing World. What are copy editors? http://www.windhaven.com/treatise.html

68 Hunting Road Auburn, NH 03032 fax (603) 483-8022 info@windhaven.com add/read comments about this article Why Copy Editors Are Necessary: A Small Treatise on the Publishing World I'd like to take a moment to explain just what copy editors in the fiction field do, with the perspective of almost 20 years in the field, having been a developmental editor, acquiring editor, copy editor, and managing (production) editor over time. (An even better question is, who is left to develop the manuscript to its full potential in the first place? Nowadays? ... often a freelance developmental editor. (NB: Copy editors in other fields, such as newspapers and magazines, traditionally work more directly with the copy that has been fully developed and checked by the editor/writer. Part of this accounts for, I believe, the dim view some people have taken of copy editors: they believe all that they do is check for grammar and impose spelling and rules upon prose ... a pleasant but somewhat anal-retentive task. Book copy editors do a far wider job in 99% of the cases, due to the reasons noted above.) (Q: Does anal retentive have a hyphen? A: If you know the answer, then you may be a good copy editor. If you've heard this joke before, undoubtedly you

27. Writer's Block, Feature, - Summer 1999 Angels and copy editors Defend Us! by Ann FothergillBrown. Yet editing for style is one of the most vital things a copy editor can do for a client. http://www.writersblock.ca/summer1999/feature.htm

Summer FEATURE ESSAY INTERVIEW BUSINESS WORD BOOK REVIEW ORIGINS POET'S CORNER LETTERS TO WB Feature Angels and Copy Editors Defend Us! by Ann Fothergill-Brown Of the several definitions given for discretion in Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th edition , perhaps the most telling from an editorial perspective is: "cautious reserve in speech." In copy editing, exercise of editorial discretion — the "ability to make responsible decisions" (another of the definitions) — depends greatly on using a cautious reserve in amending what a good author has placed on the page. Tinkering with the author's words simply because "I would not write them that way" is not discretion, but interference. Preserving the author's authentic voice is as important as enhancing its presentation so as to maintain the authority of the words. Of what, then, does the enhancing consist? And how does editorial discretion fit in? Stated simply, copy editing looks to correct errors and "infelicities" in three areas: punctuation grammar , and style . Nothing undermines an author's authority so fast as poor language mechanics, misspellings, shoddy grammar, and a badly constructed text.

28. Newspaper Copy Editors And Their Fans Talk Shop Message board geared toward newspaper copy editing. http://testycopyeditors.org

Newspaper copy editors and their fans talk shop. "This is like group therapy with prisoners in the Poynter Institute's dungeon." ... "It reveals the backstage carping and vindictive emotions that roil the souls of those trapped at the copy desks." ... “How cool is Testy Copy Editors?” ... "Phillip Blanchard is not just a testy copy editor, but a prophet scorned in his own time, and those of us who defend wordplay will be punished for it come the Judgment Day." ... “You should let go of your bitterness. You were not the oppressed talent you thought yourself to be. You were a miserable, brooding, silent, joyless grind, lucky to have a job at the Sun-Times, and we're lucky now that you've moved on to afflict others.” Here's What They're Saying ... The Simple Life By J.A. Montalbano I uppercased K.D. Lang’s name in a story the other day. It felt good to do so. It looked good. We got no angry calls from readers or Ms. Lang’s people.

29. Copy Editors Are Amazing (Jeremy Zawodny's Blog) copy editors Are Amazing. The figures are now in it, the layout is mostly done, and the copy editor has made a lot of changes to it. http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/001670.html

Copy Editors Are Amazing A little piece of Jeremy Zawodny's blog... I spent a fair chunk of time this weekend going over the latest draft of the book . The figures are now in it, the layout is mostly done, and the copy editor has made a lot of changes to it. Those changes are often quite subtle but have a very obvious effect: they make the text readable. It's not that what we turned in wasn't readable, but compared to what we got back from the copy editor, it's like night and day. I was reading chapter 3 last night when I realized "Hey, this stuff seems pretty well written... Did *we* do that?" It really flows now. Today I received a copy of the copy editor's notes so that I could see every change that she recommended. There are tons of them. On every page. I expected it. But still, as I've looked over a few of the pages, I can't help but to think "Damn, she's good!" Thank you, Leanne Soylemez. In a few more days, we'll have our final feedback in to O'Reilly. When they send it to be printed, I'll post a picture of the "we finally got the book done" gift I'm buying myself. I had originally planned to get a new laptop, but that's just not gonna happen... TrackBack (3) Comments On or around March 1, 2004 02:09 PM

30. Copy Editors - HeadlineSpot.com Headlinespot copy editors http://www.headlinespot.com/for/journalists/copyeditor.htm

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31. JournalismJobs.com -- Job Listing Company Houston Chronicle. Position Senior copy editors. Location Texas. Job Status Not Specified. Salary Not Specified. Ad Expires June 22, 2004. http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=356135

32. Copy-Editing Corner For copy editors to gather and discuss topics. http://copyeditingcorner.blogspot.com/

Copy-Editing Corner An English-loving, book-reading, copy-editing, eclectic-music-listening, hard-working student. That's me, and this is my blog. I hope you enjoy this little corner of the Web I like to call my own. Friday, June 04, 2004 Watch for Contradictions Copy editors are the last line of defense against stupid statements or sentences making it into a newspaper. So, as a copy editor, it always amuses me to find one sentence that says one thing and the next sentence contradicting what I just read. This is a fine example of saying one thing and then contradicting it in the next sentence. This story is from the San Francisco Chronicle's on-line edition There was no estimate of damage, nor any idea how much the repairs might cost. It will surely run into the millions of dollars. First I am told that there is no estimate of damage or how much repairs might cost. I can accept that. I just figure that once the damage has been assessed there will be a follow-up story that tells me a dollar amount. The story then tells us that it (I assume either damage or repairs, but who knows that is another topic.) will cost millions of dollars. Call me an idiot, but this sure seems like an estimate. Sure, it is a very vague estimate, but it is still an estimate.

33. LookSmart - Directory - Copy Editor Profession Publishing copy editors. Copy Editor Profession copy editors involved in any type of media can find guides, directories, and networks. http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317829/us317866/us265190/us265217/us1

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34. Copy Editors For Architecture Book Publisher email this posting to a friend. copy editors for architecture book publisher. Reply to jobs@acanthuspress.com Date 200405-12, 10 http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/wri/31069654.html

newyork.craigslist.org manhattan writing jobs last modified: Thu, 13 May 10:59 EDT please flag with care : [ miscategorized prohibited spam discussion ... email this posting to a friend Copy editors for architecture book publisher Reply to: Date: 2004-05-12, 10:17PM EDT New York City based Acanthus Press, publisher of fine architectural and design books, seeks experienced copy editors for freelance work. Must have minimum 5 years experience and an arts/design/architecture background. Please send us your resume, rates, and three references. Compensation: Your hourly rate? Telecommuting is ok. Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. Reposting this message elsewhere is NOT OK. this is in or around freelance feedback forum

35. Language Log: More Timewasting Garbage, Another Copy-editing Moron The things mentioned above are not debatable, they are facts about English that can easily be checked, and it is about time copy editors were told to stop http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000918.html

Language Log Main May 17, 2004 More timewasting garbage, another copy-editing moron Mark Pilgrim is nearly done with his (online) python programming book Dive Into Python , but is currently being subjected to that bane of the author's life, the copy editing phase. He says: Dive into Python I use have to when I mean need to I misplace the word only . Instead of you can only walk through a stream once, the copy editor prefers you can walk through a stream only once. I use lots when I mean a lot I use which when I mean that I overuse footnotes to be cute. This is a bad habit I picked up from the interactive fiction version of and the infamous footnote 12. I use like when I mean such as I use then immediately after a comma, when I mean and then I use note when I mean notice , and vice-versa. I use we when I mean you And so forth. Apparently we You will be working through this example; I will be in the Bahamas drinking my royalty check. Well, I don't know who is paying that copy editor, but if she were working for me she would be toast, because every single thing about English grammar here is wrong. There are some style suggestions included: don't overuse footnotes, don't be too liberal with the rather literary device of the semicolon. On things like this, advice from an opinionated reader or a publisher with style guidelines can be helpful. I won't say anything about them. And the last point is also about style, though I think the style advice is dead wrong: inviting the reader into your deliberations and saying

36. Language Log: Jail Copy Editors For The Right Reasons March 04, 2004. Jail copy editors for the right reasons. The news that copyediting a paper before it appears in a journal may be http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000542.html

Language Log Main March 04, 2004 Jail copy editors for the right reasons The news that copy-editing a paper before it appears in a journal may be a criminal offense if they come from one of the Bad Guy countries ( further details here ) is perhaps the most astonishing I have encountered in months (despite a ready flow of often astounding news, both on Language Log and elsewhere). I'm all in favor of sending copy editors to jail; but I think it should be for their actual practices: changing which to that in a bid to impose the (completely mythical) generalization that which is not used in what The Cambridge Grammar calls integrated relatives (the kind without the commas); altering the position of adjuncts in phrases like willing to at least consider it because of a belief in the (again, completely mythical) view that there something called an "infinitive" in English and it should not be "split"; and so on. I've spent too much time struggling (after editorial acceptance) for the right to use grammatical sentences in my own native language, battling against the enforcement of arbitrary cryptogrammatical dogmata. Send these which -hunters and adjunct-shifters to jail for a few months, by all means. Put them in solitary on a bread and water diet. Take away their red pencils. But not because the work they are fiddling with is by an author who happens to have the misfortune to live in Iran.

37. ASNE - Coming Home A. My copy editing instructor at Northwestern, Johnrae Earl, announced to class on our first day that “Women never make it as copy editors because they don http://www.asne.org/index.cfm?id=4041

38. ASNE - Ignore Copy Editors At Your Own Peril Ignore copy editors at your own peril Our business does tend to undervalue copy editors, especially those who work on late news and sports pages. http://www.asne.org/index.cfm?ID=4580

39. Mediabistro.com: Courses And Seminars: Copy Editors: Take This Job... And Keep I Contact Taffy Akner. Back to Home Courses and Seminars copy editors Take This Job and Keep It! copy editors Take This Job and Keep It! http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/cache/crs164.asp

Home Sitemap Help Advertising ... Media Professionals to New Opportunities - and to Each Other Welcome Member Log-in Login Password Remember me Forgot your password? Register for FREE or Join AvantGuild for AvantGuild Transcript: Freelancing for Newspapers View all 43 transcripts How to Pitch Working Mother View all 112 HTPs Discount: The New York Observer Pitching an Agent : Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency View all 14 Agents View all benefits For Employers Post a Job ... Need Help? Questions About our Classes or Seminars? Read our FAQ's Questions or Suggestions? Contact Taffy Akner Back to Home Courses and Seminars Copy Editors: Take This Job... and Keep It! WHEN Wednesday, May 12: 7-10 p.m. WHERE mb's offices in SoHo Who Ideal for any professional copy editor who wants to expand their professional knowledge PRICE $65 ($50 for more info You know the basics: proofreading marks, the difference between "that" and "which,” key style books. Now learn how to land (and hold on to) a copyediting job on the freelance circuit. This seminar will focus on practical information, including:

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