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.

A couple of days ago, I received a desperate, all-caps text message from my younger sister asking for help with proofreading her First Big High School Essay. In all of my sisterly benevolence (and ...

Editor’s note: American Copy Editors Society education fund president Merrill Perlman asked me to say a few words as the 2011 Aubespin scholar at the ACES Phoenix conference banquet on Friday night.

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 ...

There is no Pulitzer Prize for literature's copy editors — and essayist Roy Peter Clark thinks there should be. He reflects on an early life lesson on the importance of the craft. BRAND: Today is the ...

I work a part-time job that often requires “copy editing” information for general publication, much as I once did at The Daily Democrat. In decades past, I would use a “blue pencil” to edit stories ...

High School students Andi Beall and Alyssa Singleton competed in the state UIL contest for Journalism returned with medals. Beall is state champion for headline writing and earned third ...

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 ...

IT services firm HCL Technologies Ltd., one of the major India offshore companies, this week said it won a multimillion-dollar contract to manage data centers and infrastructure operations for News ...

WriteWorks, a local copy-editing and editorial services company, is seeking an intern to support its growing range of projects. Intern responsibilities will include assisting with social-media and ...