What do you do in Copyediting class?

Copyediting coursework includes MUCH more than editing copy!

1) It begins with a review of AP style, grammar, punctuation and writing good leads.
2) Then we'll take it a step further by studying and implementing the particular things editors have to watch for as good editors of text:
            - Death, medical, disasters
            - Numbers and percentages
            - Libel and other legal issues
            - Fact checking and other holes
            - Sensitivity & taste
3) Once text editing skills have been honed, we'll move on to writing headlines.
We'll talk about:
            - Mixing typefaces
            - Styles of headlines
            - Rules of headlines
            - Making heads fit
            - Writing cutlines & captions
4) Finally, before the semester ends, we'll put text editing and headline writing together with writing captions and copyblocks, so each student should be able to edit an entire newspaper, newsletter or magazine page when they leave class.
 
 

Interested in being an editor?

Check out these sites:

- American Society of Newspaper Editors
- American Copy Editors Society