You To Can Be A Post Copy Eidtor
Oh the irony…A rather amusing excerpt about the importance of copy editing from today’s Internship Chat on washingtonpost.com (we’ll bold the typos to make it easier for you):
- Chico, Calif.: I just recently finished a copy-editing internship at a medium-sized newspaper. Why would The Washington Post be the ideal next step? What is expected of copy editors? How much power are they given? What is the work load?
Leonard Downie Jr.: The nnumber one reason to want to be be a copy editing summer internship at the Post is that a large proportion of the copy editors we’ve hired in recent recent years — and who have advanced rapidly in our newsroom — have been summer interns here.
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
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