NEW YORK —Michael Eugene Schrader, the longtime copy editor and cookbook reviewer for Nation’s Restaurant News, will be remembered by his friends and colleagues at the publication as a dedicated ...

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.

It was no surprise when newspapers across the country started culling their copy editing staff. After all, newsroom layoffs in the 21st century aren’t exactly breaking news. For some papers, however, ...

There are about 500,000 words in the English language, twice that many if you include scientific terms. Each day, about 20,000 of those words are printed in The Forum. It's the job of the copy desk to ...

A career in journalism was never on my radar. Activism – which is commonly perceived as incompatible with journalism – constituted a large part of my identity in high school. I attended marches, led ...

Veteran journalist and copy editor Rena Baer, who began working for BloodHorse Publications' book division in 2000 and continued on as a copy editor and writer for Keeneland magazine, died July 30 in ...

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 ...