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- The
American Copy Editors Society A professional organization
of copy editors, dedicated to improving the quality of journalism
and the working lives of journalists. Go to Words
on Words for tips on editing and headline writing, comments
on cliches and bad writing, etc., offered by editors and journalism
professors from around the continent.
Also:
"Resource Material" on the ACES site: http://www.copydesk.org/
ACES also has an editing test on the site: http://www.copydesk.org/editthis.htm.
ACES also put together an editing test based on tests provided
by a variety of newspapers, and you can see that compilation
at
http://www.copydesk.org/booklet.htm The text refers
to pages of the booklet, which may not be available at the moment,
but any competent editor at your paper would be able to reassemble
the answers pretty easily.
- EditTeach.org
EditTeach.org is a Web site of resources for editing professors,
students and working professionals. The Web site contains lists
of Web links, downloads and multimedia content all geared toward
those who teach, study and practice editing. The site's editor-in-chief
is Dr. Deborah Gump.
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robertniles.com
This Web site, operated by Robert Niles, senior producer at
latimes.com, has lots of helpful information for journalists,
including tips for copy editors and primers on using statistics.
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General
copy editing links that may be helpful to you as a copy editor:
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- Institute
for Midcareer Copy Editors (http://www.ibiblio.org/copyed/index.html)
Training material for copy editors and information on
the Summer
Institute for
Midcareer Copy Editors, put on by the School of Journalism
and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and funded by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation.
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