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A: To be a copy editor at any newspaper you should first of all have good news judgment, know how to write, be detail-oriented, juggle, shift gears quickly, lead by example and negotiate with finesse.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. You may come across the occasional writer who will claim (wrongly) that they don’t need an editor, but you will ...

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. Respect the writer's ...

Every now and then, people ask me whether I actually enjoy my job. They point out that I spend hours at The Michigan Daily every week making others look better and ask me if, deep down, I’d rather ...

At some newspapers, they call them copy editors; at others, sub-editors or "subs." At small operations, the chief editor often has to do everything: assign stories, edit the copy, write the headlines, ...