Research and Convergence: Technology and How it Affects Copy Editors

It's easy to see how technology is becoming a big part of copy editors' lives, both for the good and, more likely, for the unfortunate reasons.

Computers and technology are very helpful for most people today. It's very easy for someone to make a mistake when typing an article on Microsoft Word, but with the visual notification system built into the program, it's just as easy to notice the mistake and choose from the helpful list of reasons why you made that mistake to fix it. While this is extremely convenient for most people, this advancement in technology might be too helpful for a copy editor. This kind of built-in system almost takes the place of the copy editor to the point where they might not even be needed to finish the article. At that point, you could have the news editor just copy edit his own material with a couple of simple clicks.