Copywriting Learning to talk about racial, ethnic and gender diversity Merrill Perlman is a copy geek. She managed copy desks across the newsroom at The New York Times for 25 years. Today one of the reasons she looks forward to the ANNUAL CONFERENCE of ACES: The Society for Editing is the session during which the Associated Press announces changes to its stylebook. “This year, many of the changes centered on racial, ethnic, and gender entries.”  Article: AP Tackles Language About Race in This Year’s Style Guide