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We asked five editors to give us their views on how they think AI might affect their work in the future (while acknowledging that none of them owns a crystal ball). Here are their thoughts…

Inside an in-house editorial team – insights, challenges and advice for freelancers working with organisations and charities.

Proofreading is the final stage in the process of producing a piece of text – either in print or online – before it’s published or shared with its intended audience. A proofreader looks for mistakes within the text and also needs to take into account the effects of any changes they suggest and how they will fit into the existing page layout. The job of a proofreader is therefore to carry out the final quality check.

Are editorial professionals just hard-hearted pedants? Of course not! Julia Sandford-Cooke looks into four common misconceptions about editors.

Can ChatGPT hold its own against a human editor? Can it tackle typical editorial tasks? Harriet Power puts it through its paces.

Manda reflects on her path to CIEP Council member and what she’s learned along the way.

Antonia is an experienced editor, writer and CIEP tutor with more than 30 years’ experience in publishing. After starting her career at HarperCollins, she went on to hold managing editorial roles at Cassell and Hodder & Stoughton before moving into freelance work. Today she works across trade, educational and professional publishing, editing both fiction and non-fiction. Alongside her editorial work, she tutors on the CIEP’s core proofreading and copyediting courses and provides bespoke in-house training for organisations.

Hester shares her experience of becoming CIEP vice-chair, along with insights into her role and the profession.