Copyeditors' Knowledge Base

Finding Work

ACESjobs
E-mail list, sponsored by the American Copy Editors Society, through which members can get listings of job opportunities, mostly for journalists. [online]
Copyediting Job Board
Both freelancers and those seeking in-house jobs can use this free job board from Copyediting newsletter. Seek jobs or freelance gigs by posting an anonymous profile (you're identified by a nickname of your choice) and see job and gig descriptions posted by companies. Complete a work profile for employers, recruiters, and project managers to see, then set up job alerts that will produce daily or weekly e-mails when jobs or gigs in your area of specialization are posted. There's an interface for contacting the companies that post job ops. [online]
Council of Science Editors Job Bank
Listings of freelance and in-house jobs provided by medical and science journals, publishers, and pharmaceutical companies and hosted by the Council of Science Editors, which serves members in the scientific, scientific publishing, and information science communities by fostering networking, education, discussion, and exchange and by serving as an authoritative resource on current and emerging issues in the communication of scientific information. [online]
craigslist
Search this list for writing and editing jobs and freelance gigs all over the United States. [online]
Freelance Daily
A weekday e-mail roundup, available by paid subscription only, of freelance editing and writing gigs from all over the United States. Note: Many of the items included in the roundup are leads for projects that pay very little; lots of them originally appeared on craigslist. [online]
iHirePublishing
Post your résumé and look for publishing jobs. [online]
JournalismJobs
Find writing and editing jobs in publishing and public relations and with newspapers, television, radio, magazines, and nonprofits. [online]
JournalismNow
Journalism employment and news, plus daily postings by employers about jobs and internships. Users can upload their resumes, and the site has an open article and writing sample submission policy. [online]
MediaBistro's Freelance Marketplace
A forum for freelancers to showcase their work, and a quick way for editors and other media managers to find people who match their needs. [online]
PublishersLunch
A daily e-mail newsletter about deals in publishing. [online]
Publishers Marketplace
Listings of job openings in publishing. [online]
Publishers Weekly
Compilations of job listings by the highly respected industry magazine. [online]
Publishing jobs and internships
Profiles of publishers that are members of the Association of American Publishers, plus job openings and internships listed by publisher name. [online]
Society for News Design
Search for jobs in journalism. [online]
The Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal
Search for jobs in publishing and journalism. [online]
The Write Jobs
Job listings in journalism, publishing, and medical and technical writing and editing. [online]