Technology and Copy Editors

Tecnhology affects how a copy editor performs on the job because it is what people rely on. A copy editor is required to look beyond the spell checking of a word document. A copy editor needs to judge news value and adhere to the AP format. Technology however influences the way reporters and writers write. At times, writers often rely on the computer to tell them whether they mispelled different words and they do not copy edit their own work. This is where the problem comes in for copy editors. It is then their responsibility to look over the whole document and reconstruct what should have been quality writing on the staff writer's part.