News editor for the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, based at Newsday
Greater New York City Area
News editor for the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, based at Newsday
Greater New York City Area
Editor with extensive experience in print, online, at daily newspapers and a weekly business-technology magazine
With Hank Glamann, co-founded the American Copy Editors Society (copydesk.org), a professional journalism organization
Edited three books
Blog regularly on language and media issues
Have created two websites
Copy editing issues, news, training.
Directed and taught classes in a training program for copy editors for Times Mirror Co.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 1998 — April 2001 (3 years 2 months)
Professional journalism organization, founded in 1997, by Hank Glamann and me.
Had first national conference in 1997 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
ACES focuses on training and improving the lot of copy editors at newspapers, online, magazines and elsewhere. Conferences are built around an extensive lineup of workshops.
ACES awarded the first Robinson Prize in 2006.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; CMP; Publishing industry)
June 1997 — June 1998 (1 year 1 month)
Weekly publication focused on the retailing of computers and technology
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 1996 — June 1997 (1 year 2 months)
Copy editor on the national and metro desks, parttime and full-time.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
1982 — 1995 (13 years)
Variety of assignments:
Copy chief on the New York desk
METPRO director and instructor
Copy edited book about Newsday's history
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
1981 — 1982 (1 year)
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Religious Institutions industry)
1980 — 1981 (1 year)
Worked with refugees, primarily Mariel boatlift and Southeast Asian.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
1973 — 1980 (7 years)
National editor, deputy copy chief
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
1973 — 1973 (less than a year)
Reporter
sports desk editor
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
1968 — 1972 (4 years)
started newspaper career as a part-time sports writer while in high school
Reporter covering Vermilion while a college student
International affairs, technology, adoption Proud mother of Anna, a well-behaved teen (!) I also write reviews at epinions.com, Amazon and other online sites, as well as occasional book reviews for Newsday.
American Copy Editors Society
The Robinson Prize was created by ACES and first awarded in 2006. Paul Soucy and Tim Lynch were the first two recipients.
I have also served as a judge in numerous journalism contests.