copy-editors
British Newspaper Has Given Up on Writing Headlines Entirely
Brian Moylan · 06/04/10 11:21AMMasturbation At New York Times Alleged By Super-Friendly Copy Editor
Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/08 11:17AMLet's just put it out there: copy editors are vaguely creepy. There they sit in their corner, poring over pages while all the reporters and (other) editors are doing the real, sexy work of journalism. What makes someone want to be a copy editor in the first place? Could it be... sexual perversion? (Kidding of course! We love copy editors, platonically). Charles Cretella, a veteran New York Times copy editor, is now going to court over a sexual harassment case that centers on-you guessed it-a fellow copy editor, who was masturbating at work. Goodness. The strange details: Cretella says the Times didn't give him a promotion because he was falsely charged with sexually harassing a new 33-year-old copy editor that Cretella was training. Very enthusiastically:
Copy Editing Cliches
Hamilton Nolan · 05/29/08 02:03PMWarning: Beware of the 'BusinessWeek' Copy Desk
Jesse · 04/20/06 04:45PMYesterday we brought you outraged memo from new BusinessWeek web honcho Charles DuBow, who is forced to suffer uppity copy editors who think they're entitled to rewrite his genius headlines. Today word arrives that perhaps DuBow ought to have a bit more respect for the copy desk, both because the editors there might help him and because otherwise they'll hurt him. How so?