A panel of journalists offered insights into the pitfalls and nuances of editing stories on specialized subjects. Tania Fuentez, an Akron Beacon Journal copy editor and member of the ACES membership committee, was on hand to answer questions about ACES and the 2000 national conference in Baltimore . Coffee mugs, pens and other items donated by Ohio newspapers were given to early registrants and winners of a drawing. Fee, the former Knight professor of editing at Ohio University, left OU in June to teach journalism at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Education is the Ohio chapter's primary focus.
The goal is to offer educational programs and activities that supplement those of the national organization, but on a smaller scale, thereby increasing awareness of ACES in the state and promoting membership in the national body.