Too often copy editors and reporters are viewed as adversaries rather than collaborators. The best copy editors work with reporters to improve their stories and ensure accuracy.

A copy editor revises sentences and paragraphs for tone and clarity. A proofreader addresses spelling mistakes and grammar errors such as misplaced apostrophes.

So maybe we don’t need copy editors after all. Yeah, right. Correction: A well-meaning editor changed the original “Froot Loops” in this story to “Fruit Loops.” It has been fixed.

In this hectic environment, mistakes are more likely to be made, meaning that a story might identify Uzbekistan as 'a subspecies of goat.'" Weingarten clearly misses his copy editors.

Copy Editing Copy Editing Some Common Problems to Avoid That and which If the clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence, it takes that without commas: the entrance that we came through. If ...

Geoff Pullum tackles the editing and proofing of a short book on why linguistics matters, and is glad he wasn’t trying to do it alone.

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their ...

The Word Wikipedia’s copy editor army How do you edit a giant crowd-sourced encyclopedia? With volunteers — and lots of fighting By Britt Peterson Globe Correspondent,February 20, 2015, 4:13 p.m.

To someone not involved in copy editing, it may seem like a tiresome, time-consuming, overlooked job that couldn’t possibly be enjoyable, especially when compared to the other sections of the paper, ...

Mary Norris writes on changes to style conventions at the 2019 American Copy Editors Society Conference, including dropped hyphens and split infinitives.