Opinion
June 10, 2020 6:46 p.m.Copy editing for the Daily Bruin taught me to move on from my mistakes with style -30-
A copy editor’s job is largely an invisible one.
Over the past three years I’ve worked as a copy editor for Daily Bruin, I’ve spent a significant amount of time double-checking 20-years’ worth of sports statistics, questioning if a reader would ever really check it and issue a correction if our stat was wrong.
By Maris Tasaka
Behind the Bruin
May 19, 2020 1:46 p.m.The Copy Shop: Copy chiefs are here for readers – and we’re here for Copy’s future
Welcome to the Copy Shop – the platform for members of Daily Bruin Copy to rant about the Oxford comma, discuss sensitivity in mass media and attempt to generally demystify the mind-boggling and all-too-misunderstood world of the copy editor.
By Maris Tasaka
Behind the Bruin
Feb. 10, 2019 1:29 p.m.The Copy Shop: Rimmer, slotter, proofer? The lost origins of Copy’s unusual position titles
Welcome to the Copy Shop – the platform for members of Daily Bruin Copy to rant about the Oxford comma, discuss sensitivity in mass media and attempt to generally demystify the mind-boggling and all-too-misunderstood world of the copy editor.
By Maris Tasaka
Arts
Feb. 4, 2019 10:10 p.m.Author Angela Flournoy inspires students to draw on everyday experiences in workshop
Angela Flournoy said writing her first novel was like opening doors – if she didn’t find what she was looking for behind the first door, she would turn around and try another.
By Maris Tasaka
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