ACES: The Society for Editing
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ACES: The Society for Editing is a professional association of international scope for editors who work on every kind of content, including newspapers, magazines, websites, books, scholarly journals, and corporate communications.
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Founded | 1997; 27 years ago (1997) |
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Founder | Pam Robinson, Hank Glamann |
Type | Professional association |
Focus | Advocacy and training for editors |
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Origins | Developed from copy editors' meetings at American Society of News Editors (ASNE) |
Area served | United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and English-language editors worldwide |
Method | Conferences, webinars, publications, online resources |
Members | 5,083 |
Key people | Neil Holdway, president |
Employees | 4 |
Volunteers | ≈50 |
Website | aceseditors |
Formerly called | American Copy Editors Society |
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As of 2019[update], the group offered:
- an annual meeting, the ACES conference
- an annual virtual conference
- member networking opportunities
- 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[update], is still legally incorporated as – the American Copy Editors Society, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.