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Topic: Copy editing: best pubs, getting into news, etc.
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| ce_in_nyc | Posted – 2/23/2007 12:25:02 PM | show profile | email poster Hi, I'm wondering if anyone's heard any particularly great or bad things about working as a senior-level staff copy editor at mags in NY. I'm looking to move from my current job, and I'm frustrated by the lack of senior jobs that seem to be available. Also, my experience is limited to one pub, and our shipping schedule and overtime situation is a nightmare, so I'm wondering if all are like that, and how to know what I'm getting into when I do go somewhere else. Finally, I'm looking to move from the consumer mag business into news, but I don't know how to go about that. Can you move from copy editing at a mag to a newspaper? What are the pros and cons? What's it like at the newsweeklies? Any feedback would be appreciated . . . |
| writesonwater | Posted – 2/25/2007 2:28:28 AM | show profile one of the things to be up on when editing for a newspaper is AP style. It's as easy as picking up the stylebook. Newspaper generally doesn't pay as well as some others, but it depends on the outlet. Mediabistro had a salary survey on here somewhere, I think ... might check it out. |
