Welcome to the Copy Shop – the platform for members of Daily Bruin Copy to rant about the Oxford comma, discuss sensitivity in mass media and attempt to generally demystify the mind-boggling and all-too-misunderstood world of the copy editor. At the end of March, The Associated Press once again shook the world of copy editing […]
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The Copy Shop: Rimmer, slotter, proofer? The lost origins of Copy’s unusual position titles
Welcome to the Copy Shop – the platform for members of Daily Bruin Copy to rant about the Oxford comma, discuss sensitivity in mass media and attempt to generally demystify the mind-boggling and all-too-misunderstood world of the copy editor. When we first join the Daily Bruin as interns, we’re told there are three positions in […]
The Copy Shop: How the Associated Press managed to create editor Morse code
Welcome to the Copy Shop – the platform for members of Daily Bruin Copy to rant about the Oxford comma, discuss sensitivity in mass media and attempt to generally demystify the mind-boggling and all-too-misunderstood world of the copy editor. You won’t find “CA” standing for California in any Daily Bruin stories. Sure, the abbreviation is […]