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ACES 2015
Welcome to the 19th annual American Copy Editors Society national conference in Pittsburgh March 26-28, 2015.
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Wednesday
, March 25
Sharp Edge Bistro
5:00pm •
Freelance editors' happy hour
Thursday
, March 26
Ballroom 3
2:00pm •
English and How it Got This Way: A Brief History
3:10pm •
Social Media Fact-checking
4:20pm •
50 Years of the American Heritage Dictionary's Usage Panel
Ballroom 3 & 4
8:30am •
First-timers' orientation
9:30am •
Opening general session
10:45am •
Rookie Mistakes That Even Veterans Make
5:45pm •
Education Fund Spelling Bee
Ballroom 4
2:00pm •
Using Checklists to Foolproof your Editing
3:10pm •
Top 10 Apps for Editors
4:20pm •
Stress Reduction for Editors
Brigade
10:45am •
Editing in a Digital Environment: Best Practices for Workflow and Quality Control
2:00pm •
The Latest Research on Editing
3:10pm •
Copy Editing Translations
4:20pm •
Working Away From the Office: Benefits and Drawbacks
Chartiers
10:45am •
Leadership in the Workplace
2:00pm •
Beltway Blues: Editing Washington copy
3:10pm •
Jimmy's World
4:20pm •
The Ethics of the Last Editor Standing
King's Garden 4 & 5
7:00pm •
Reception
Rivers
10:45am •
Catch as Catch Can
2:00pm •
Switching Seats: Transitioning to a New Career or Medium
3:10pm •
Increasing the Accessibility of Online Information
4:20pm •
Libel-Proof Your Writing: The Importance of Accuracy and Attribution
TBA
12:15pm •
Lunch on your own/peer group lunches
Friday
, March 27
Ballroom 3
9:00am •
Seven Steps to Setting up a New Fact-Checking Process
10:45am •
Ask the AP Stylebook Editors
2:00pm •
Bulletproofing Data-driven Stories
3:15pm •
Future Tense: Messages From my Students
4:30pm •
Between You and Me
Ballroom 4
9:00am •
Ask a Lexicographer
10:45am •
Deep Grammar
2:00pm •
Eyetracking Photojournalism
3:15pm •
Niggles, Nudges and Uh-Oh Sensors: The Intuitive Art of Catching Errors
4:30pm •
The Art of the Link: Linking, Ethics and Verification
Brigade
9:00am •
Avoiding Pitfalls in Medical Editing
10:45am •
Getting it Right on Mental Health and Suicide
2:00pm •
Think Twice about Health Literacy: Writing and Editing for a Patient Audience
3:15pm •
Editing Medical and Scientific Tables
4:30pm •
Putting Professional Experience to Work in the College Classroom
Chartiers
9:00am •
Diversity and Sensitivity around Racial Language
10:45am •
CANCELED - Do No Harm: A Medical Copyediting Clinic
2:00pm •
Disability and Mental Health: Editing for Clarity and Accuracy
3:15pm •
Fact-checking for Niche Publications
4:30pm •
The Language of the LGBT Community
King's Garden 3, 4 & 5
7:30pm •
Banquet
King's Garden foyer
4:00pm •
Silent auction
Rivers
9:00am •
Level Up! How to Get More Out of Your Freelance Business
10:45am •
Critical Editing: Finding the Red Flags That You Need to Check
2:00pm •
Native Advertising Best and Worst Practices
3:15pm •
Beyond the Red Pen: New Directions in Editing
4:30pm •
Editing for Clarity in Medical Communications
TBA
12:15pm •
Lunch on your own
Saturday
, March 28
Ballroom 2
4:45pm •
Closing general session
Ballroom 3
9:00am •
Optimizing for Search or Social: Is It Really a Trade-Off?
10:45am •
Giving Copy a Face Lift, With No Pain
2:00pm •
Grammar is Power
3:40pm •
Building your Brand with Social Media
Ballroom 4
9:00am •
Beyond the Plain Language Edit: Editing for Low-literacy and ESL readers
10:45am •
Editing on Your Own: Launching a Freelance Business
2:00pm •
Proofreading: Catch Mistakes Before They Cause a Crisis
3:40pm •
Defining American English
Brigade
9:00am •
How to leverage LinkedIn for Journalists
10:45am •
How to Get the Job You Want
2:00pm •
Headlines, not Cheaplines or Borelines
3:40pm •
LUCIA, or Shedding Light on Government Reports
Chartiers
9:00am •
10 Mistakes Sportswriters Make and How To Fix Them
10:45am •
Women in Management
2:00pm •
Maintaining Good Design in a Hub Setting
3:40pm •
Cutting Through Cop Talk
Olive or Twist – upstairs
7:00pm •
Social
Rivers
9:00am •
Introduction to Book Editing
10:45am •
Getting it Right on Social Media
2:00pm •
Legal Pitfalls on Social Media
3:40pm •
Editing Fun and Games
TBA
12:15pm •
Lunch on your own
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King's Garden foyer
Olive or Twist – upstairs
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Sharp Edge Bistro
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