National conference of the American Copy Editors Society
Faculty members, alumni and students from the School made their presence felt at the national conference of the American Copy Editors Society.
The 12th annual gathering of copy editors took place in Denver on April 10-12. About 300 editors from newspapers, Web sites, magazines, corporations and non-profit groups attended the conference.
“Our aim is to provide solutions to copy desk problems through training, discussion and an awareness of common issues,” ACES says on its Web site. The organization’s first conference was in Chapel Hill in 1997.
Associate Professor Bill Cloud led sessions called “No Calculators Required,” about preventing math errors in news stories, and "A Keen Eye for Graphics," about detecting errors in charts and graphs. He also was a co-presenter for “[Eric] Clapton Is God,” a session about the hazards of inserting bracketed information into direct quotes.
Assistant Professor Andy Bechtel moderated a panel about alternative story forms such as Q&A and “by the numbers” lists. He also helped lead a session on how to better trim stories, both for print and online.
Bechtel and Cloud also served as judges in ACES headline contests, and Cloud appeared on a panel in which judges described what makes an award-winning headline.
Kate Schwing, who graduated from the School in 2006, served on the panel about story forms and another about the uncertain future of newspaper copy editing.
Two students, William Harrison and Megan LaPlaca, attended the conference with assistance from the Don and Barbara Curtis Excellence Fund for Extracurricular Student Activities.
For more information about ACES, go to www.copydesk.org.
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