copy editor

Example Sentences

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Mr. Neil began his professional writing career with the Spectator, a local free weekly, and began working for The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., as a copy editor in 1989.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“I have been on strike for a third of my professional life,” said Erin Hebert, a 32-year-old copy editor at the Post-Gazette.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

Wilson was a reporter and copy editor working at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution when he made the case to report on Giovanni’s appearance in the city in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

If you want to call yourself an “independent press” show me your copy editor first.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024

He clung tight to the copy editor as they wove through Washington traffic to the Post building.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin