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    Feb 19

    UPDATE: The Palmer House still has some limited availability. If the nights you need are not available at the conference hotel, ACES has an additional room block with (an eight-minute walk to the Palmer House). For more info:

    Attention, registrants: Available dates are filling up fast at The Palmer House Hilton. Room nights are still available Thursday, April 26 – Sunday, April 29. An overflow hotel will be announced soon. Please stay tuned!
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  2. 6 hours ago

    Today has been an enlightening chat. Thank you, , , , and .

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    6 hours ago
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    A4: First and foremost, if they’re discussing their personal experiences. This covers everything from pronouns to ethnic labels to accent marks in names. Trust people to be authorities on their own experiences!

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  4. 6 hours ago

    Q4: When, if ever, is it okay to favor a writer’s specific request or writing style over house style?

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  5. 7 hours ago

    Q3: What’s one style change you’d like to see adopted more broadly?

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    A2: I'd argue that there's no such thing as "neutral" language; in fact, those who make the claim often come in w/ their own biases. Conscious style guides are a way to question the idea of "neutrality."

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    7 hours ago

    👇👇👇agreed. I'd rather make people mad by using representative language and challenging the audience to examine their own biases.

    I mean, this is pretty obvious: you're going to make some people mad or confused. However, I'd argue that if you're using representative language and pissing people off, you're doing it right.
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    7 hours ago
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    A2: At Mic, we’ve published both our style guide and our editorial standards guide, which addresses bias/neutrality in a way that is (hopefully) easy for readers to understand:

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  9. 7 hours ago

    Bookmarking this resource for discussing mental health.

    Replying to @dw_toy @mschristinema and 5 others
    The fantastic also established this entire style guide for discussing mental health!
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    7 hours ago
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    I love these sections from our about using gender-neutral job titles and people-first language. (Link here: )

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  11. 7 hours ago

    Q2: What are the risks of allowing your language to have an ethical or moral agenda? What do you gain or lose by giving up the claim of neutral language?

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    7 hours ago

    I think of representative language as language that acknowledges and is respectful of a person's entire identity when it's important to the story, while neutral language aims to avoid bias (e.g., not needlessly gendering terms).

    Q1: Thanks for joining us, , , , ! Can you start us off by telling us what representative language and neutral language are? Why is it important for copy editors to be more conscious about the language used in what they edit?
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    A1 Neutral language aims for consistency across different situations, such as repeating someone's last name instead of using a nontraditional pronoun that's not in the style guide. Neutral language is more set in stone, while representative language is more malleable.

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    A1: The impulse is to see editing as "neutral" — you’re enforcing rules, right? But those rules were made by people with bias, and copy editors are uniquely positioned to confront that bias by making informed language decisions.

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    7 hours ago

    I advocate for representative language more often than not, but it does depends on the audience & context. They’re not mutually exclusive. The main thing to think about is whether you’re doing your readers & sources a disservice by adhering to one or the other

    Do you advocate one style over the other or do you think there’s a place for both depending on the audience and content?
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  16. 7 hours ago

    Q1: Thanks for joining us, , , , ! Can you start us off by telling us what representative language and neutral language are? Why is it important for copy editors to be more conscious about the language used in what they edit?

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  17. 7 hours ago

    . is the copy chief of BuzzFeed's creative team, overseeing its long-form product, LitForm. He also edits copy for clients worldwide. is a copy editor in BuzzFeed's creative department, working on sponsored content, primarily for the US and UK.

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  18. 7 hours ago

    . is Mic's copy chief. She previously contributed to Autostraddle and Chicago magazine. is Mic's deputy copy chief. Previously, she was a web producer at CBS DFW and a web writer for SXSW and Emmis Austin Radio.

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  19. 7 hours ago

    They’ll be presenting “Going Rogue: Using (and Breaking) Style Rules to Create a Culture of Conscious Editing” at later this month.

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  20. 7 hours ago

    Welcome to ! Our guests today are Kaitlyn Jakola () and Ali Killian () from and Dan Toy () and Sarah Schweppe () from .

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  21. 7 hours ago

    Editors, join in 6 minutes for our twice-monthly chat. Today , , , and will be discussing using (and breaking) style rules to create a culture of conscious editing.

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