Welcome to the Copy Shop – the platform for members of Daily Bruin Copy to rant about the Oxford comma, discuss sensitivity in mass media and attempt to generally demystify the mind-boggling and ...

Burkes has had many newsroom jobs — copy editor, designer, photographer, section editor, assigning editor, and television, music and comic book critic. She has also been an editorial and publishing ...

After you get trained as a copy editor at The Daily Californian, it becomes virtually impossible to stop copy editing everything and anything you read. It starts off innocently enough. You find ...

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 ...

War on the Rocks is seeking to hire two to four paid, part-time copy editors to work remotely for about five to 10 hours a week. Our copy editors are assigned to be “on call” during specific portions ...

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, ...

In an era dominated by automated grammar checkers and AI writing assistants, the human element of communication is often ...

Dear Carolyn: As a professional copy editor, I am very aware of how people use words, which has led me into a habit I hate. When I talk with people, I often find myself editing their grammar and ...