Speakers
Many of the presenters at this year’s conference have attended ACES conferences and been a part of our sessions for several years – some since the society’s inception. We evaluate each session to make sure we’re giving you the best training and discussions year after year, and we ask many of our past speakers to return because of the positive responses participants give in our annual survey. Here is a list of what we've got planned for you this year. The schedule may yet undergo some adjustment, and exact times will be announced shortly.
Thursday sessions
Getting Into Freelancing – Ruth Thaler-Carter
All This and Ethics Too – Rick Kenney
Surviving the Switch to Online Editing – Paula Devlin
Basics of Grammar – Bill Connolly
Putting Technology to Work for You – Daniel Hunt
When News Happens to Sports Sections, and Vice Versa – Rick Kenney
Essentials of Book Editing – TBA
Are Editors Necessary? – Joshua Benton, John Russial
Afraid of Math? Take a Number – Rich Holden
What’s Being Taught in Journalism Schools – and What Should Be – Andy Bechtel and panel
Critical Thinking – Kathy Schenck
Striving for Professional Excellence – Michael Roehrman
The Future of Editing – Susan Keith
A Keen Eye for Graphics – Bill Cloud
Edit Your Options – Following the career paths of five communications graduates – Heidi Opdyke
Friday sessions
Rules That Aren’t Rules – Bill Walsh
Political Editing – Erica Compart
Maintaining Morale in Tough Times – John Abitabilo
Basics of Punctuation – Lisa McLendon
Management Through Storytelling – Eileen Brown
Financial Editing – Christine Steele, Neil Holdway
If I Knew Only – Merrill Perlman
How to Survive an Interview – Rich Holden and panel
The Verb Is Your Friend – Chris Wienandt
How to Manage Creative People – Teresa Schmedding
Freelance Editing – Getting the Most Out of Networking – August Tarrier, Rachel Carpenter
Ask the AP Stylebook Editors
What’s an Internship Worth? – Rich Holden and panel
Basics of Headline Writing
What Qualities Promise a Successful Career Change? – Gretchen Anderson
What Are the Opportunities in Health Care Editing? – Bill Connolly and panel
10 Essential Editing Skills for 2010 and Beyond – Doug Ward
Making Social Media Work for You – Deirdre Edgar
What’s Cooking: The Art of Editing Recipes – Bill Cloud, Carol DeMasters
Small Papers: Doing More With Less – Gerri Berendzen, Sara Hendricks
Saturday sessions
Accounting for Tastes: Editing and Polling – Kathy Schenck
I Didn’t Mean That – Doug Ward
Getting a Grasp on Layout – Gary Potosky
Magazine Editing – panel
“Jimmy’s World”: How a Copy Editor Could Have Averted Disaster – Bill Connolly
Inside (Non-)Readers’ Heads – Alex Cruden
Student Roundtable – Daniel Hunt, Carla Correa
Women in Management – Teresa Schmedding and panel
Is That Clear? Untangling Cluttered Prose – Andy Bechtel, Sara Hendricks
Missing in Plain Sight – Doug Fisher
Your Grammar Questions Answered – Merrill Perlman, Bill Walsh, Ben Zimmer
What Skills Do Copy Editors Need Today? – Kirstie Hettinga
Resume Writing, 2010-Style
Plus … the world premiere of Roxanne, a play by Alex Cruden
Looking for a session you don’t see here? If you have suggestions, e-mail phillysessions@copydesk.org.
