Don't let your copy editing skills go stale. Here are some websites to help you stay on top of your game.
Copy editor organizations:
Grammar and style guides:
- AP Stylebook: Ask the Editor
- Columbia Journalism Review: Language Corner
- Association of Religion Writers -- includes a stylebook
- Dictionary.com
- Encyclopedia.com
- GHNS Editing Words blog -- AP style on current news stories
- Double-Tongued Dictionary -- a focus on slang, jargon and new words
- yourDictionary.com -- links to dictionaries of more than 140 languages
- ReligionStylebook.com -- AP style for terms from all religions
- News University: Cleaning Your Copy -- courses on all things copy editing
- Copyediting.com -- good blog
Resources:
U.S. Housing and Urban Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Academy of Pediatrics
National Association of Realtors
AP Stylebook quizzes:
Grammar and style guides on Twitter:
@JM_Hirsh -- AP food editor
Don't let your copy editing skills go stale. Here are some websites to help you stay on top of your game.
Copy editor organizations:
Grammar and style guides:
- AP Stylebook: Ask the Editor
- Columbia Journalism Review: Language Corner
- Association of Religion Writers -- includes a stylebook
- Dictionary.com
- Encyclopedia.com
- GHNS Editing Words blog -- AP style on current news stories
- Double-Tongued Dictionary -- a focus on slang, jargon and new words
- yourDictionary.com -- links to dictionaries of more than 140 languages
- ReligionStylebook.com -- AP style for terms from all religions
- News University: Cleaning Your Copy -- courses on all things copy editing
- Copyediting.com -- good blog
Resources:
U.S. Housing and Urban Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
American Academy of Pediatrics
National Association of Realtors
AP Stylebook quizzes:
Grammar and style guides on Twitter:
@JM_Hirsh -- AP food editor
