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 copy editor’s job is largely an invisible one. Over the past three years I’ve worked as a copy editor for Daily Bruin, I’ve spent a significant amount of time double-checking 20-years’ worth of ...

Traditional newspapers have been laying off writers and editors for more than a decade. But writing and editing jobs are rapidly expanding on the web. Whether it’s to fuel corporate websites, feed new ...

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 ...

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 sent my clips and resume to a paper and the managing editor said he doesn’t have any reporting positions open, but was willing to consider me for a copy editor position as a way to break into the ...

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.