Katie Akin Katie Akin is a copy editor with more than five years of experience in copy editing and fact-checking. Experience Katie Akin began her copy editing career at a weekly local magazine, Vox Magazine, in 2017. She then became the copy fellow at Cooking Light and Food & Wine magazines in 2018. In December 2018, she joined the team at Southern Living, where she has been a dedicated member of the copy desk since. She draws on a deep well of grammar knowledge and experience working with myriad stylebooks to help publications produce clean, accurate, precise, and engaging copy. She is prepared to edit copy from any section of the magazine on any given day; because of this, her breadth of editorial knowledge expands across food, travel, home, style, entertaining, human interest, and more. About Southern Living Southern Living, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, celebrates the food, homes, places, and culture of the South. We reach 7.2 million readers a month. Our content is written by experienced journalists and fact checked for accuracy. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines.