Video and Multimedia
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Video
Why Be a Copy Editor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0HXQq7YwRg
Nancy Hanus discusses the opportunities in copyediting.
The Copy Editor’s Job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMpQYY8pFJM
Video explains what copy editors do.
Working as a Freelance Copy-Editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDN4O1XFHs0
Katie Chambers speaks about editing an author’s work.
Copy-Editing Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFgytqP34to
Curtis Condon details the steps in copyediting.
Audio
The Comma Queen Will See You, Now
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2015/04/06/comma-queen-mary-norris-copy-editing-grammar
From WBUR’s On Point comes a discussion with the New Yorker’s grammar editor, Mary Norris.
Web
Don’t Trim the Copy Desk. Copy Editing Is a Key Task at News Agencies.
https://globalpressjournal.com/between-the-lines/dont-trim-copy-desk-copy-editing-key-task-news-agencies/
Mary Owen is a copy editor for Global Press Journal and a digital content producer for ABC7 in Chicago.
The Desk Wants to Know
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/insider/the-desk-wants-to-know.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0
This December 2016 New York Times article explains why the copy desk and copy editing are so important to media writing.
Duke Reporters’ Lab
http://reporterslab.org/
From the Sanford School of Public Policy, a site devoted to facilitating fact-checking