Copy Editors: The Missing Link in the Online Newsroom

Copy editors at the annual ACES conference wondered about their roles in the online newsroom, Poynter reports.

Chris Wienandt, ACES president and business copy-desk chief at The Dallas Morning News, said he thinks leaving copy editors out of the process reflects an online model in its infancy.

"We're disrespecting online readers by not giving them the same level of editing," he said. "I think people expect a newspaper site to be an extension of the newspaper, so I think the quality of the editing and thoroughness of the editing on the Web site should match the thoroughness of the editing that you get in the newspaper."

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1 comments about 'Copy Editors: The Missing Link in the Online Newsroom'

I was wondering when this very valid subject would be brought into play. Looking at many news websites of late, one of the biggest problems has been un-subbed copy.

It's surely wake-up time for on-line publishers: if not, on-line publishing will find itself with a major credibility risk.

Posted by Alan Dean at July 12, 2007 5:40 AM

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