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Hauser
Nunez
Schwing
Sorbara
Zerba
ACES awards 5 scholarships
The American Copy Editors Society will recognize its five scholarship winners Thursday, April 20, during the opening session of the ACES national conference in Cleveland.
The five recipients for 2005 are Diego Sorbara of the University of Missouri; Caroline Hauser and Kathryn Schwing of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Erika Nunez of the University of Texas at Arlington; and Amy Zerba of the University of Texas at Austin.
As the top candidate among the applicants, Sorbara, a senior, has been named the Aubespin scholar. The scholarship is named for Merv Aubespin, the former Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal editor who is considered the “godfather” of ACES. As the Aubespin scholar, Sorbara received $2,500. The other winners each received $1,000. In addition, all winners receive free registration to the Cleveland conference.
The winners were selected using these criteria:
-- Commitment to copy editing as a career.
-- Work experience in copy editing.
-- Abilities in copy editing, as demonstrated by the examples in the application and the recommendations.
Sorbara, of LaGrange, Ill., had a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund internship at the Hartford Courant in 2005, where he edited stories for A1 and was the sole copy editor on a yearly community guide that required extensive editing and working with the reporter. "It would not be an exaggeration to say that Diego had ability far beyond his years," wrote Harvey Remer, Courant copy desk chief, in his recommendation letter. Sorbara has also edited and designed for The Columbia Missourian and also worked at the university’s monthly bilingual publication, Adelante.
Hauser, a graduate student, has been a copy editing intern at The Oregonian and and The Macon Telegraph (the latter under the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund program). She was also managing editor of The Davidsonian at Davidson College during her undergraduate years. Caroline has shown a commitment to copy editing and has attended several regional and national ACES conferences.
Nunez, of Dallas, is a junior. She has been a copy editor at The Shorthorn, the UT-Arlington student paper, for three years, and is the paper’s current copy desk chief. “Erika understands the language, savors nuance, works to improve. Other students want to go to Padre Island for spring break. She’d rather go to ACES,” wrote Shorthorn newsroom adviser John Dycus.
Schwing, of Greenville, N.C., is a senior and the senior editor in charge of special sections at The Daily Tar Heel. Since 2003, she has worked as a copy editor, an assistant copy desk editor and a copy desk chief at the student-run newspaper. Last summer, she was a Dow Jones intern at The New York Times News Service, where she was praised for her ability to edit copy quickly and accurately, and for deftly trimming NYT stories to more digestible lengths for member papers.
Zerba is a doctoral student by day and a copy editor and designer at the Austin American-Statesman by night. She is working on her fourth academic degree, and while her career goal is to teach copy editing, she says she intends to work at newspapers for several years after her doctorate is done before turning to teaching. Zerba has also worked as a sports copy editor and designer at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and as an art intern at the Houston Chronicle.
The winners were selected from a group of nearly 30 applicants, judged by five professional copy editors. The judges were Michael Deas of the Chicago Tribune; Lourdes Fernandez of Newsday; Henry Fuhrmann of the Los Angeles Times; Lisa McLendon of The Wichita Eagle; and Courtney Semple of the Contra Costa Times. Kathy Schenck of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coordinated the program. The judges’ recommendations were approved by the ACES Executive Committee.
The 2005 scholarships bring the total awarded to 29 since 1999.
The deadline for the 2006 scholarships is Oct. 15.
