Copy Editor Course
This course provides essential skills for copy editing, focusing on style application, prose revision, and fact-checking to produce polished non-fiction content.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Copy Editor Course equips you with practical tools to apply Chicago style, establish clear house rules, and develop concise style sheets. You'll learn to revise sentences for clarity, rhythm, and flow while keeping the author's voice intact, handle queries confidently, and justify your edits. Additionally, you'll gain expertise in digital markup, essential grammar and punctuation, and effective fact-checking to ensure accurate and reliable non-fiction content.
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Develop skills
- Mastery of Chicago style: confidently apply core rules, notes, and references.
- Building house style: quickly create, document, and enforce clear in-house style sheets.
- Sentence surgery: tighten wordy prose while preserving author voice and intent.
- Professional queries: write concise, tactful questions to authors and edit rationales.
- Science fact-checking: verify data, sources, and claims for accurate popular science.
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