ACES: The Society for Editing
| Founded | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Pam Robinson, Hank Glamann |
| Type | Professional association |
| Focus | Advocacy and training for editors |
| Location |
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| Origins | Developed from copy editors' meetings at American Society of News Editors (ASNE) |
Area served | United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and English-language editors worldwide |
| Method | Conferences, webinars, publications, online resources |
Members | 5,083 |
Key people | Neil Holdway, president |
Employees | 4 |
Volunteers | ≈50 |
| Website | aceseditors.org |
Formerly called | American Copy Editors Society |
ACES: The Society for Editing is a professional association of international scope for editors who work on every kind of content, including newspapers, magazines, websites, books, scholarly journals, and corporate communications.
As of 2019[update], the group offered:
- an annual meeting, the ACES conference
- a member directory
- a newsletter
- scholarships (via the affiliated ACES Education Fund)
- regional workshops
- a website that offers educational materials, news, job listings, and an editors-for-hire board
ACES was formerly known as — and, as of 2018[update], is still legally incorporated as — the American Copy Editors Society, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.
Executive committee
ACES was founded in 1997, by Pam Robinson, who also served as its first president, and Hank Glamann. Its inception followed work of ASNE (American Society of News Editors; at the time, the American Society of Newspaper Editors) and meetings by copy editors in North Carolina and South Carolina.[1] It is currently led by society president Sara Ziegler[2][3] of FiveThirtyEight. John McIntyre of The Baltimore Sun was its second president. Chris Wienandt of the Dallas Morning News was its third president. Teresa Schmedding of the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill., was its fourth president.
It has an executive committee of 13 people, of whom four are officers: the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.[2] Any full member is eligible for elections. Annual membership is $75 for full members and $40 for students.
In 2008, the board approved changes that allowed copy editors working outside traditional journalism organizations full membership with voting rights. As of March 2019, the society had 3,172 members.
Awards
ACES: The Society for Editing offers numerous scholarships, fellowships and awards to various editors annually.
ACES awards two editors for their outstanding editing abilities, named after its founders: the Robinson Prize, which is awarded yearly to an outstanding editor, and the Glamann Award, which honors contributions to the craft.
ACES offers annual scholarships to up-and-coming student editors awarded to 6 students annually.
The Richard S. Holden Diversity Fellowship is awarded to editors who show extraordinary promise in their fields. In addition to scholarship funds, the winners are given leadership and opportunities to advance their skills and careers.
ACES also hosts the annual Grammar Day Contest- a poem writing contest celebrating National Grammar Day.
Conferences
| Year | Location | Att. |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Chapel Hill, N.C. | 347 |
| 1998 | Portland, Ore. | 400 |
| 1999 | Dallas | 525 |
| 2000 | Baltimore | 425 |
| 2001 | Long Beach, Calif. | 440 |
| 2002 | Louisville, Ky. | 354 |
| 2003 | Chicago | 410 |
| 2004 | Houston | 390 |
| 2005 | Hollywood | 504 |
| 2006 | Cleveland | 420 |
| 2007 | Miami | 368 |
| 2008 | Denver | 297 |
| 2009 | Minneapolis | 256 |
| 2010 | Philadelphia | 331 |
| 2011 | Phoenix | 297 |
| 2012 | New Orleans | 354 |
| 2013 | St. Louis | 379 |
| 2014 | Las Vegas | 335 |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | 483 |
| 2016 | Portland. Ore. | 626 |
| 2017 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | 555 |
| 2018 | Chicago | 710 |
| 2019 | Providence, R.I. | 827 |
The ACES national conference features the fundamentals of the craft and a primer for what's to come. Each year, editors from all fields come together for three days of workshops, panel discussions and networking. Attendees include editors for newspapers, magazines, websites, trade publications, book publishers, nonprofit agencies and corporations, as well as students, journalism professors, consultants and freelancers.
The idea that led to the creation of ACES was nurtured during a series of three conferences about copy editing sponsored by the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1995 and 1996.
When ACES was chartered in the spring of 1997, the top priority of the society's founders was to conduct their own national gathering. Four months later, the first ACES national conference took place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Upcoming Conferences
March 31 - April 2, 2022: Hyatt Regency, San Antonio, TX
March 23 - March 25, 2023: Hyatt Regency, Columbus, OH
April 4 - April 7, 2024: Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, CA
April 3 - April 6, 2025: Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Salt Lake City, UT
April 23 - April 26, 2026: The Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA
References
- ^ Bill Mitchell, William G. Connolly (August 10, 2002). "Uncovering the Pride, Work of Copy Editors". Poynter Institute. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
- ^ a b "Executive Committee". ACES. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ "We're all in this together". ACES. Retrieved July 25, 2019.