How Copy Editors Help the Newsroom

One comma can change a whole sentence. Learn how copy editors ensure articles are clear and accurate. Ned Kilkelly, senior copy editor, and Dipti Coorg, copy editor, explain how they help NBC News Digital maintain consistent style, grammar and credibility through copyediting.

The typical workflow for the copyediting team is reviewing an article after a digital editor has edited it and signaled to Kilkelly’s team that it is ready to look at. “Whoever grabs an article first works on it, unless Ned assigned it to someone in particular,” Coorg said.

When reviewing pieces, the team keeps these questions in mind: How is an NBC reader going to read that story? And what are their questions going to be? It’s up to the copy editors to ensure the articles are clear, grammatically correct and adhere to NBC style. NBC News Digital follows the AP Stylebook with certain deviations within the team to maintain consistency across all of NBC’s platforms.

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