What It's Really Like to be a Copy Editor
Would you like to be a copy editor? Perhaps for New York magazine? If your experience is anything like Lori Fradkin’s was, your life will be consumed with meaningless trivia that has really no place in the workplace—not just whether you should use an exclamation point in “Panic! At The Disco” (answer: no) but also whether “douche bag” is two words or one and whether “finger-blasting” should be hyphenated. (Ew.)
Plus, as with most journalism jobs*, it’s a lot of work:
When you edit for the Web, you always feel like you’re playing a frantic game of catch-up.
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