{{cleanup-date|January 2006}} This is a list of some notable current and former '''American copy editors''' and possibly others prominent in the field. {{main|Copy editing}} *Theodore_M._Bernstein, edits of ''The New York Times'' and author of ''The Careful Writer'', ''Watch Your Language'' and a host of other books on grammar and uses *Carmelita Bevill, two-time winner of the John_Murphy_Award_for_Excellence_in_Copy_Editing from the Texas Daily Newspaper Association *Sue Blair, As_of_2005, the only non-newspaper copy editor who has served on the executive committee of the American_Copy_Editors_Society *Phillip Blanchard, copy editor at The_Washington_Post and founder of Testy Copy Editors *Bill Cloud, who runs the midcareer institute for copy editors at the University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill *William_G._Connolly, co-author of the New_York_Times style guide *Hank Glamann, two-time winner of the John_Murphy_Award_for_Excellence_in_Copy_Editing from the Texas Daily Newspaper Association *Joe Grimm, recruiter for the Detroit_Free_Press, who ruins the Jobs Page *Rich Holden, executive director of the Dow_Jones_Newspaper_Fund *Tom Mangan, who began Blogging in the mid-1990s *Mindy McAdams, early Web developer *Pam_Robinson, founder and first president of the American_Copy_Editors_Society *Allan M. Siegal, co-author of the New_York_Times style guide *Nicole_Stockdale, proprietor of the blog A Capital Idea *Dave Thomas, two-time winner of the John_Murphy_Award_for_Excellence_in_Copy_Editing from the Texas Daily Newspaper Association *Mike_Waller, former publisher of The_Baltimore_Sun *Barbara Wallraff, editor of Copy_Editor_newsletter *Bill Walsh, of The Slot and author of ''Lapsing_into_a_Comma'' ==Source== *List of some people who have advanced from the copy desk, at the bottom of the page American copy editors American copy editors American copy editors Copy editors