ACES: The Society for Editing

ACES: The Society for Editing is a professional association of international scope for copy editors who work on every kind of content, including newspapers, magazines, websites, books, scholarly journals, and corporate communications.

ACES: The Society for Editing
Founded1997
FounderPam Robinson, Hank Glamann
TypeProfessional association
FocusAdvocacy and training for editors
Location
  • Reno, Nevada
OriginsDeveloped from copy editors' meetings at American Society of News Editors (ASNE)
Area served
United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and English-language editors worldwide
MethodConferences, webinars, publications, online resources
Members
3,172
Key people
Sara Ziegler, president
Employees
2
Volunteers
≈50
Websiteaceseditors.org
Formerly called
American Copy Editors Society

As of 2019, the group offered:

  • an annual meeting, the ACES conference
  • a member directory
  • a newsletter
  • scholarships (via the affiliated ACES Education Fund)
  • regional workshops
  • a website that offers educational materials, news, job listings, and an editors-for-hire board

ACES was formerly known as — and, as of 2018, is still legally incorporated as — the American Copy Editors Society, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.

Executive committee

ACES was founded in 1997, by Pam Robinson, who also served as its first president, and Hank Glamann. Its inception followed work of ASNE (American Society of News Editors; at the time, the American Society of Newspaper Editors) and meetings by copy editors in North Carolina and South Carolina.[1] It is currently led by society president Sara Ziegler[2][3] of FiveThirtyEight. John McIntyre of The Baltimore Sun was its second president. Chris Wienandt of the Dallas Morning News was its third president. Teresa Schmedding of the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill., was its fourth president.

It has an executive committee of 13 people, of whom four are officers: the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.[2] 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 March 2019, the society had 3,172 members.

Awards

The society also gives out two awards for copy editing, named after its founders: the Robinson Prize, which is awarded yearly to an outstanding editor, and the Glamann Award, which honors contributions to the craft.

Conferences
ACES National Conferences
Year Location Att.
1997 Chapel Hill, N.C. 347
1998 Portland, Ore. 400
1999 Dallas 525
2000 Baltimore 425
2001 Long Beach, Calif. 440
2002 Louisville, Ky. 354
2003 Chicago 410
2004 Houston 390
2005 Hollywood 504
2006 Cleveland 420
2007 Miami 368
2008 Denver 297
2009 Minneapolis 256
2010 Philadelphia 331
2011 Phoenix 297
2012 New Orleans 354
2013 St. Louis 379
2014 Las Vegas 335
2015 Pittsburgh 483
2016 Portland. Ore. 626
2017 St. Petersburg, Fla. 555
2018 Chicago 710
2019 Providence, R.I. 827

The ACES national conference features the fundamentals of the craft and a primer for what's to come. Each year, editors from all fields come together for three days of workshops, panel discussions and networking. Attendees include editors for newspapers, magazines, websites, trade publications, book publishers, nonprofit agencies and corporations, as well as students, journalism professors, consultants and freelancers.

The idea that led to the creation of ACES was nurtured during a series of three conferences about copy editing sponsored by the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1995 and 1996.

When ACES was chartered in the spring of 1997, the top priority of the society's founders was to conduct their own national gathering. Four months later, the first ACES national conference took place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

References
  1. Bill Mitchell, William G. Connolly (August 10, 2002). "Uncovering the Pride, Work of Copy Editors". Poynter Institute. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  2. "Executive Committee". ACES. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  3. "We're all in this together". ACES. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
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