Holden honored for helping educate journalism students
 Congratulations are in order for Rich Holden, executive director of the Dow Jones News Fund and a longtime ACES member. He is receiving the 2010 Gerald Sass Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Mass Communication from the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication. The award recognizes his lifelong contributions to journalism education.
Holden has presented numerous conference sessions for ACES and has been a tireless proponent of copy editing. The Dow Jones News Fund was the recipient of the inaugural ACES Glamann Award in 2008.
'Style' tees available from Talk Wordy to Me blog
Since April, ACES member Brian White has been offering mugs and T-shirts with the logo of his blog, Talk Wordy to Me. The money has gone to supporting the Education Fund, and White reports that he's raised more than $55.
Now White has unveiled a new shirt design with the help of Lindsay Hack, a colleague at the Louisville Courier-Journal, and ACES national board member Andy Bechtel.
Be sure to check out the shirt on White's Zazzle store, and see of the many ACES offerings, which also benefit the Ed Fund, on CafePress.
A journalism must-read has a new home online with ACES
 Charles AppleThe American Copy Editors Society and Charles Apple, a leader in infographics and news design for more than 20 years, are pleased to announce the addition of his blog and visual journalism insights to copydesk.org, the online home of ACES.
While the website's address is new, Apple said his blog will remain focused on covering industry trends and the important role visuals play for newspapers, new media and the art of storytelling.
Read the story | Check out the blog
New secure form makes giving to scholarships easier
Finding and hiring talented copy editors has always been challenging, but a world hungry for information needs copy editors more than ever. To help meet that need, the American Copy Editors Society has awarded scholarships to deserving students since 1999.
And, in addition to our traditional paper form, you now can give to the Education Fund and its scholarship programs using our secure online form, powered by FormStack. It's an easy way to support the future of copy editing.
Go to secure online form | Learn more about the fund
Corporate memberships
available at discount
ACES now offers a corporate membership category, available for both the full and associate membership categories at a cost of $50 per person for a minimum of three members. This is a savings of $5 off the individual membership rate.
Click here to learn more
Registration now is available for ACES' daylong regional workshop in Lincoln, Neb. The Oct. 9 workshop offers low-cost training for students and professionals. The workshop includes sessions on headlines for print and the Web, design know-how for editors and using social media tools like Twitter. A session for students focuses on developing an online brand and entrepreneurism.
Learn more: Jump to the UNL chapter's website
Register now: use our online form or download the paper form
New ACES leaders announced
Schmedding to lead as society's fourth president
Two officer positions and six seats on the ACES Executive Committee were up for election in 2010. Teresa Schmedding of the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago ran unopposed for president and Lisa McLendon of The Wichita Eagle ran unopposed for vice president of conferences.
The five incumbents running for re-election -- Gerri Berendzen (Quincy Herald-Whig), Sue Blair (retired from Time magazine), William G. Connolly (retired from The New York Times), Christine Steele (Capital Group Cos.) and David Sullivan (The Philadelphia Inquirer) -- retained their seats, and will be joined by Niko Dugan of the (Champaign, Ill.) News-Gazette. Also joining the board will be Sue Burzynski Bullard of the University of Nebraska, who as the next-highest vote-getter will assume the seat of the board member who takes over the office of secretary, which McLendon will vacate. Sullivan will take over the secretary position, having been approved by the board during its meeting at the Philadelphia conference.
As past president, Chris Wienandt will retain a seat on the board for a two-year term.
All of the board members thanks Deirdre Edgar, outgoing vice president of conferences, for her many years of hard work and dedication to the society. It also thanks outgoing board member Peter Parisi.
New board members take their seats May 17.
There was an outstanding crop of candidates this year and the voting was close. Those who were not elected and those who are thinking of running are encouraged to stay active in ACES and run next year.
2010 NATIONAL CONFERENCE
News from the conference
More than 300 copy editing professionals and students participated in the 2010 National Conference in Philadelphia. To learn more about the conference and to read about some of the sessions presented, visit aces2010.org/blog. You also can download some session handouts on the website.
 To honor the passing of Alicia Parlette, a copy editor who died April 22 after a five-year battle with a rare form of cancer, ACES has donated $500 to a memorial fund that provides scholarships for prospective journalists created in her honor at the University of Nevada. Read more
E-mail accounts for copydesk.org
As of May 1, 2010, the American Copy Editors Society no longer offers e-mail accounts to its members because of the amount of upkeep involved and the continued problem of phantom and spam accounts being created. As a result, copydesk.org e-mail accounts will be reserved for the organization and its officials. All existing e-mail accounts, however, will continue to operate. For questions about this policy change, please e-mail Daniel Hunt at dan@copydesk.org.
Hampton's Epps named Aubespin winner
The American Copy Editors Society has selected five winners of its 2009 scholarships: Shannon Epps, Hampton University; Emily Ingram, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Robin Kawakami, City University, London; William Powell, University of Missouri-Columbia; and Caitlin Saniga, Kent State University.
As the top candidate among the applicants, Epps was named the Aubespin scholar. The scholarship is named for Merv Aubespin, the former Louisville Courier-Journal editor who is considered the “godfather” of ACES.
As the Aubespin scholar, Epps receives $2,500. Other winners each receive $1,000. In addition, winners get free registration to the Philadelphia conference and, for the first time, $400 for conference travel expenses. ACES has now awarded 49 scholarships since 1999.
Read more about this year's scholars
The society's national board is determined to better engage you -- in what's happening in the organization, in copy editing, in companies and institutions around the country where editing is happening. Our blog aims to expand the conversation between ACES' members and its board. Check it out
Recent posts
Your ACES board: What it’s doing, July: The ACES board now has a major change in its makeup, as Merrill Perlman, president of the ACES Education Fund board, joins as an ex-officio, non-voting member in August. The board made the move to keep the two groups in strong contact. Bill Connolly for years wore both hats. With his stepping down as Ed Fund president, both boards felt that a formal link was needed. New ideas for reaching out to members, raising revenue, and redefining the organization’s IRS status will continue to be worked on by the board at its August meeting, as well as pinning down a [...] (Posted 07/29/2010).
Another point for our side: The next time you hear someone say editors are expendable, send them here. (Posted 07/29/2010).
Great article on our value: in The Atlantic. Well worth a read. Thanks Alexis! (Posted 07/22/2010).
Letter to newspaper executives: Dear Newspaper CEO: Being the person who decides what jobs get cut, what departments reorganize, who gets let go is really one of the crappiest jobs out there. No one praises the captain when the seas are rough, but many blame you for the rough ride (and plenty know how they’d steer differently). So I wanted to salute you and thank you for making those tough calls so the newspaper stays in business. I know you’ve lost many hours of sleep. And now that I’ve buttered you up, I hope you’ll listen to my two cents on some of the courses you’ve [...] (Posted 07/16/2010).
Gannett’s hub-bub: This week’s decision by Gannett Co. to put all its design eggs in five baskets has drawn comment on the new ACES blog of Charles Apple. Read his comments here. At my blog “That’s the Press, Baby” I’ve added a few observations. See them here. You can also see the open letter written by the Society of News Design. That is here. (Posted 07/15/2010).
The ACES Executive Committee voted unanimously to choose Phoenix as the site of the 2011 national conference, which will be March 17-19, 2011. Working in conjunction with Arizona State University, ACES will hold its workshops and presentations at The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in downtown Phoenix. More details will be announced in the coming months, as well as at the 2010 national conference in Philadelphia. To learn more about the upcoming conference, visit aces2010.org.
Scenes from October’s regional conference in Missouri
ACES hosted a regional conference on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. The daylong conference offered a variety of presentations and forums on copy editing. It's a great opportunity for working copy editors and journalism students to get training and network with colleagues. Thanks to Maggie Walter for passing these photos along.
Read more about the regional conference
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