American Copy Editors Society
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| Founded | 1997 |
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| Founder | Pam Robinson, Hank Glamann |
| Type | Professional Association |
| Focus | Advocacy and training for copy editors |
| Origins | Developed from copy editors' meetings at American Society of News Editors (ASNE) |
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Area served
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United States and Canada |
| Method | Conferences, publications, online resources |
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Members
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1,800 |
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Key people
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Teresa Schmedding, president |
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Employees
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1 |
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Volunteers
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≈50 |
| Slogan | Empowering Editors |
| Website | www.copydesk.org |
The American Copy Editors Society, commonly known as ACES, is a professional not-for-profit association for copy editors at U.S. newspapers, magazines, Web sites and corporations.
As of 2012[update], the group offered:
ACES was founded in 1997, by Pam Robinson, who also served as its first president, and Hank Glamann. Its inception followed work of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and meetings by copy editors in North Carolina and South Carolina. It is currently led by society president Teresa Schmedding of the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill. John McIntyre of The Baltimore Sun was its second president. Chris Wienandt of the Dallas Morning News was its third president.
It has an executive committee of 15 people, of whom five are officers: the president, vice president for conferences, vice president for membership, secretary and treasurer. Any full member is eligible for elections. Annual membership is $75 for full members and $40 for students.
In 2008, the board approved changes that allowed copy editors working outside traditional journalism organizations full membership with voting rights. As of 2017, the society has roughly 1,800 members.
The group has several chapters: Southeast, Florida, Midwest, Ohio, Texas, Southern California and Northern California, as well as college affiliates at the University of Missouri, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Pennsylvania State University.
The society also gives out two awards for copy editing, named after its founders: the Robinson Prize, which is awarded to the top editor of the year, and the Glamann Award, which honors contributions to the craft.
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