Being a copy editor is like working for the Standards and Practices department of a broadcast network. We know the… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Careers in copy editing
You don’t know what you don’t know
Copy editors learn early that, despite diligence and best intentions, writers sometimes get facts wrong. The writers don’t mean to, but they do slip… Read more »
Copy editors as free agents
A Facebook friend posted a link to a Wall Street Journal story about “organization lovers” and “free agents” at work. The… Read more »
Advice to an aspiring copy editor
Someone wrote to me recently to ask for advice on becoming a copy editor. I stifled the urge to say,… Read more »