We are fully paginated. You can serve as an assistant news editor and practice copy editing before applying for the job. But there are no trial copy editors. Any time we are not in class, we are in the office. That generally means from three until 6 p.m. each day, then four more hours at night.
Extra pages are okay.
Our division of layout activities and allowing the section editors to make their own corrections enables us to keep only one copy editor on staff. However, I would not recommend the structure. It leads to an inconsistent design, and a general tendency to let continuity go by the boards. Also, it becomes more difficult to correct copy when constantly having to explain corrections and defend your marks.