Fiona Cullinan
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  • Birmingham
  • United Kingdom
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Copy Editor
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Freelance
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I'm a not-too-early, not-too-late adopter of online media. Started in 2000 as a web producer, ended up homepage editor, now write for online. Interested in sub-editing or copy editing and how it's changing and possibly disappearing or being rewritten in the new www order.
Web site
http://subsstandards.wordpress.com
Blog
http://whattowearwhere.wordpress.com
Twitter URL
http://twitter.com/katchooo

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Top 10 checks - a starter kit for online copy editors

The Web may be creating a publish-then-filter environment but when you’re looking after your publication or brand’s reputation, traditional pre-publication copy editing checks still stand. And you need to get to the info quickly and get it from a reliable source… or at least find a fast trail to one.



Here’s an off-the-shelf starter kit.



1. For general enquiries, it’s gotta be Google. Blackle.com is a cute ‘energy-saving’ alternative - and it acts like a mirror on your… Continue

Posted on October 17, 2008 at 7:55am

The vanishing copy editor...

There's a whole lot of sub-editor sacking going on in the UK at present with reporters taking on traditional copy editing tasks. In the reverse direction, any other subs aka copy editors suddenly finding themselves writing a lot more these days? As here...

http://subsstandards.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/pay-as-you-go-subbing-or-whatever-its-called-these-days/

Posted on October 15, 2008 at 9:57am — 2 Comments

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