Copy editors here also write the headlines, though that is already changing. They would also have in common a reduction in the editing staff, the need for significant training — and a dramatic cultural shift. Among copy editors and backfielders, the sentiments run from anxiety about their future to resentment over their perceived worth. Ten of the 11 were men; it took a copy editor to point that out and get it changed. And I believe The Times is wise to engage in a complete rethink of its editing desk, making sure it caters to the form the company’s future depends on, not the one in sharp descent.

Source: New York Times February 04, 2017 19:32 UTC