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October 16, 2015 Resources

What starts with A and ends with ZZZ? A day to celebrate dictionaries

A brief history of dictionaries in honor of National Dictionary Day.


September 16, 2015 Resources

AP's stylebook: On your desk, on your phone and now on your e-reader

ACES member Matthew Crowley wrote about the AP Stylebook's journey from print to digital on Copyediting.com


August 6, 2015 Resources

Ten tips for keeping your focus while editing

#ACESchat guests offered tips for staying focused while distractions threaten to win your attention.


June 2, 2015 Resources

Resources for editing stories on transgender individuals

Editing resources from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association in response to the Caitlyn Jenner story.


May 12, 2015 Resources

The value of a light touch and other lessons from the Comma Queen

New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris's book, "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen." elaborates on the comma's potential uses and misuses.


April 26, 2015 Resources

20 nagging errors made by the experienced and inexperienced alike

Bill Walsh of the Washington Post offered copy editors 20 frequent mistakes that copy editors of any experience level make.


April 23, 2015 Resources

Fairness, accuracy of language key when covering Jenner interview

The National Lesbian Gay Journalists Association offered coverage tips for Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner's interview with Diane Sawyer.


March 31, 2015 Resources

9 tips for editing the German airline crash

Melissa McCoy offers a solution for conveying news without sensationalizing and while maintaining fairness when mental illness is involved.


March 30, 2015 Conferences

Getting it right on mental health begins with facts and language

Melissa McCoy urged ACES national conference attendees to look at the kind of language the media associates with mental health issues.


March 26, 2015 Resources

Taking away editing lessons from research

Research reveals a copy editor's value to readers and offers insight on how to triage while editing.