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if your inbox is full of essay drafts from stressed-out peers, the DT copy department could use your editing skills 🖊️ send us an application for the fall semester!
sometimes you catch few mistakes and feel nonessential...and then you remember that time a headline with "zürich, sweden" almost went to print
Texan copy emerging from slumber to let you know the DT summer interest form closes tomorrow:
bit.ly/3xABFHZ
Can’t wait for this semester!
To cut a long story short, you should apply to become a copy editor.
Join @PhoebeHayes_ and @lawsonmfreeman in @texancopy: bit.ly/DTSpring21
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👋 Hi! Will you like this tweet if you are a college student interested in audience journalism / engagement work / digital? Making a Twitter list.
(I know that's three things and those words mean different things in different newsrooms.)
RTs and amplifications appreciated.
when I become rich I’m buying everyone an AP Stylebook subscription so y’all can figure this out yourselves
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Statistics may only be cited if written in perfect haiku format. #APStyleChat
it’s always “hey, is this right?” and never “are you alright” 😔 #justcopyeditingtingz
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Some prefer the gender-neutral term Latinx, which should be confined to quotations, names of organizations or descriptions of individuals who request it and should be accompanied by a short explanation. #APStyleChat (2/3)
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Use accent marks or other diacritical marks with names of people who request them or are widely known to use them, or if quoting directly in a language that uses them. #APStyleChat
We’re finally doing what should have been done long ago. The summer 2020 leadership team deems @Harry_Styles the copy desk’s patron saint.
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Our final issue of the semester may not be on the campus newsstands today, but it is available online 🗞️: uttsm.wpengine.com/?3d-flip-…
Follow us to read more as we take a look back at the semester — as well as look ahead to Fall 2020.
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People are tested for the presence of the coronavirus, not COVID-19, which is the illness the virus causes.
Correct: She tested positive for the coronavirus.
Incorrect: She tested positive for COVID-19 or for the disease.
Our coronavirus Topical Guide: apne.ws/zrIJf1X
