Quick
Click to Your Job: Copy
Editor
This list
of journalism-oriented websites is intended to link you to various
online resources that we hope you will find useful in performing
your duties. Sites here were chosen because of the quality of
content and ease of use. If you don't see a site here that you
think would be useful, please contact
us so we can include it.
Writing
Headlines
Editorial
Tips
A collection of editing and writing tips from the Canadian Daily
Newspaper Association.
Headline
Tips
The University of Texas Department of Journalism offers a sprinkling
of tips on editing copy.
Rules
of Engagement for Headline-Writers
John Russial of the University of Oregon offers tips, explanations,
and examples designed to prompt copy editors to write more clever
headlines.
Writing
Headlines People Will Read
A quick refresher on how to catch a reader's attention.
Tools
Acronym
Finder
Look up more than 100,000 acronyms, abbreviations, and their meanings.
Allwords.com
Online English dictionary with multilingual search capabilities
including French, Dutch, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Band-Aid
AP Stylebook
A summary of the most commonly used items in the Associated
Press Stylebook. This guide includes helpful reminders but is
not a substitute for the real thing.
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations
A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to
their sources in ancient and modern literature.
Guides
and References
Citing
Electronic Sources
Information on citing different types of sources.
Elements
of Style
An online version of Strunk and White's Elements of Style.
Information
Please
Online dictionary, encyclopedia, and almanac references.
My
virtual reference desk
A one-stop shop for facts on the Internet.
Niles
Online
Links to online sources of statistical and demographic information.
Poynter's
Copy Editing Resource Files
Articles by Poynter Institute faculty and affiliates on a
range of topics including headline writing, design, pagination,
and photo captions.
Miscellaneous
CJR's
Language Corner
Discussion on rules of the language,
including rules of thumb, using the work of professional writers
and editors as examples.
American
Press Institute
API lists its distance-learning classes including copy editing
seminars.
The
Seven Deadly Copy Editing Sins
St. Petersburg Times Assistant Managing Editor Anne Glover
gives her take on what to avoid on the way to becoming a great
copy editor.
Links
American
Copy Editors Society
A collection of links to various topics related to copy editing
including misused words, surveys, and job information.
Copy
Editing
Online version of the newsletter published specifically
for copyeditors with useful links to other relevant sites.
The
Slot
Various links, resources, and observations for copyeditors.
