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Thursday, October 30 • 9:00am - 5:00pm
ACES Editing Boot Camp

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If you’re an editor or edit as part of your job, the American Copy Editors Society offers a daylong “Editing Boot Camp” that can help you polish your skills. Each workshop is taught by knowledgeable and experienced presenters.

The Editing Boot Camp workshop covers the following topics:

  • Why editing is important (and how to convince your bosses)
  • Grammar and punctuation basics
  • Commonly confused and misused words
  • Elements of proofreading
  • Clarity: smoothing out dense or garbled prose, streamlining copy
  • Accuracy: checking facts and sources, ensuring charts/graphics are correct, identifying and filling in missing information
  • Headlines: writing clear, informative display type in print and online (including SEO)
JAWS members get a special rate: $95. To register, visit ACES website.
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Teresa Schmedding - 2015 Board Member

Managing Editor/President, Rotary International/ACES
Teresa Schmedding is the president of the ACES: The Society for Editing and the managing editor of Rotary International
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Merrill Perlman

Freelance Editor, Merrill Perlman Consulting
Merrill Perlman spent 25 years at The New York Times in jobs ranging from copy editor to director of copy desks, in charge of all 150-plus copy editors at The Times. (Both titles are, sadly, now extinct at The Times.) Now, she's a freelance editor and trains writers and editors for... Read More →

Thursday October 30, 2014 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Fiesta 3 La Quinta Resort and Club
  ACES Editing Training

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