Emma LeGault

Copy Editor + Journalist

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Before pursuing journalism, I wanted to be a librarian, an architect, a famous actress, and a parapsychologist.

It turns out I have a better shot at a career in journalism than in parapsychology.

I turned an obsession for error-free writing into an editing career in college. I learned more about good writing by being an editor, and I enjoyed helping college writers make their stories more effective by tweaking ledes, cleaning up the writing, and probing them for the details that can make a good story great.

Right now I’m a senior copy editor at Insider in New York City. Before that, I was a Dow Jones News Fund copyediting intern at The New York Times. And before that, I was at The University Daily Kansan, the student newspaper at the University of Kansas. There, I worked my way up from entertainment correspondent to managing editor to editor-in-chief.

At Insider, I’ve sharpened my skills in not only the basics of editing but story framing, fact-checking, and editing for voice, accuracy, inclusivity, consistency, and fairness — looking at an article from all angles as quickly and effectively as possible, while sometimes thousands of readers are flocking to it. It’s a delicate balance of speed and quality.

When I’m not editing, I’m usually biking around Brooklyn, reading about profanity, or capturing the beautiful vanity plates of New York on Twitter.

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I'm a copyediting intern at Business Insider. I was a copyediting intern on the Business Day desk at The New York Times in summer 2015. I've also been the editor in chief, managing editor and more at The University Daily Kansan. I graduated from the University of Kansas in 2016 with a B.S. in journalism.

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