John Sailors possesses expertise in copy editing, editing, magazines, journalism, ap style and 17 more skills. He is proficient in Chinese. Colleagues describe him as "I had the privilege of working with John "Jay" Sailors for about two years at the East Bay Business Times. He was the quintessential jack-of-all-trades, managing to juggle reporting, editing the Web site and copy editing nearly effortlessly. He has an amazing compendium of technical knowledge and skills that he actively used to help make our publication the best it could be. For example, as a writer Jay won a first-place award for his technology column. As the web editor, he used search-engine optimization to ensure East Bay Business Times stories were seen by as many people as possible. As a copy editor, he was accurate and thorough, knowing both AP and Chicago stylebooks (plus keeping up our in-house style guide.) On top of all that, he’s got a great attitude and a wonderfully dry sense of humor. In short, I have the utmost respect for Jay and think he would be a stellar asset anywhere he works."