Job Description:

• 1) Prepares written material for publication, performing any combination of following duties: Reads copy to detect errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.

• 2) Verifies facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.

• 3) Rewrites or modifies copy to conform to publication's style and editorial policy and marks copy for typesetter, using standard symbols to indicate how type should be set.

• 4) Reads galley and page proofs to detect errors and indicates corrections, using standard proofreading symbols.

• 5) May confer with authors regarding changes made to manuscript.

• 6) May select and crop photographs and illustrative materials to conform to space and subject matter requirements.

• 7) May prepare page layouts to position and space articles and illustrations.

• 8) May write or rewrite headlines, captions, columns, articles, and stories according to publication requirements.

• 9) May initiate or reply to correspondence regarding material published or being considered for publication.

• 10) May read and evaluate submitted manuscripts and be designated Manuscript Reader.

• 11) May be designated according to type of publication worked on as Copy Reader when working on newspaper; Copy Reader, Book when working on books.