Blogs and editing: Academic views
Some of our favorite professors have been busy lately, like ACES board member Sue Burzynski Bullard, who not only helped host our regional workshop with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chapter last...
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Meet ACES content intern Dana Meredith
ACES content intern Dana Meredith. ACES has a new content intern for the 2010-11 school year. She’s Dana Meredith, a junior at the University of Kansas, where she is majoring in journalism and Spanish....
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First ACES intern talks about her job, ACES, education
Stephanie Yera was the first ACES intern, writing articles for the newsletter and performing other tasks in the 2009-2010 school year. Last year, she graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in...
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Election week challenge: Keep bias out of headlines
A sampling of headlines from Florida newspapers the weekend before the election. Heading into Election Day reminds me of how readers look for media bias in every word choice, every headline. Copy...
View ArticleMedill School of … Editing? Hopefully
Well, there’s much ballyhoo among Northwestern University’s journalism school graduates over the proposed change of the school’s name from the “Medill School of Journalism” to the “Medill School of...
View ArticleYear of the checklist
Accuracy is an endless struggle between time and perfection — just ask anyone who’s made or missed a mistake that’s wound up needing a correction. And there’s no secret recipe for complete accuracy,...
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Try Twitter for headline practice
Twitter has become a frequent source of news for me. Often, I hear about breaking stories when someone I follow posts a link on Twitter. Of course, I don’t have time to look at every link on Twitter so...
View ArticleNeed more training? Here’s an opportunity
APME (Associated Press Managing Editor) is offering a two-day regional workshop next month in Madison, Wis., for a mere $50. The two-day conference, which runs April 29-30, offers a track for reporters...
View ArticleResearch shows that editing matters
Among the highlights of the recent ACES conference in Phoenix was a presentation by Fred Vultee, who teaches editing at Wayne State University. His study, sponsored by ACES, found that readers online...
View ArticleMeet us in St. Louis — for breakfast
The Breakfast of Editing Champions returns to the AEJMC national convention in St. Louis on Thursday, Aug. 11. As in years past, ACES members will play a prominent role. The breakfast, which will begin...
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