The Crimson White, a student paper at the University of Alabama, is looking for a new copy editor. John Davis, the paper’s chief copy editor, posted a call for candidates that includes the typical ...

Q: I have no previous newspaper or journalism experience. I have a few published clips of Dave Barry style opinion and first-person narrative pieces, as well as a few CD reviews, both for national ...

FiveThirtyEight is hiring a copy chief, a senior editor who will oversee the flow and production of articles. In addition to copy editing many of our stories, the copy chief will supervise the copy ...

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 ...

Since I joined NRN late last year, explaining my job to people I meet has been a lesson in shattered expectations. Once I tell them I work for a restaurant magazine in New York City, their faces and ...

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.