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Leading a Team in a Corporate Workplace

May 11, 2023 by Gael Spivak | 1 Comment on Leading a Team in a Corporate Workplace

I’ve been leading a small team of writers and editors since 2014. Here are some tips I’ve figured out over that time. Play to people’s strengths Let people do what they enjoy and are good at (as much as possible). In my workplace, writers and editors are usually assigned subject areas. That makes sense, in […]

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Encouraging Coworkers to See the Benefits of Editing

March 9, 2023 by Audrey Jamieson | 10 Comments on Encouraging Coworkers to See the Benefits of Editing

Working as an in-house editor often means you will be editing the work of untrained writers. You may come across colleagues who don’t want to be writing in the first place, so how do you convince them that your editing services are valuable? Sometimes you can’t. Sometimes people reject edits and say, “Scrap the whole […]

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Editing a Translation: Finding the Balance

October 27, 2022 by Beau Brock | Leave a Comment

It has been nearly three months since I began my tenure as managing editor of The Editors’ Weekly, and I realized that I haven’t properly introduced myself yet to the readership. For shame! In today’s post, I will give a brief overview of the area of editing where I spend the vast majority of my […]

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In-house to Freelance and Back Again

October 20, 2022 by Tanis McLeod | 2 Comments on In-house to Freelance and Back Again

I started my professional editing career among a team of writers and editors for the Alberta provincial government. At the time, government was the largest employer of editing professionals. The role was fairly limited: we did everything in Canadian Press style, we never credited a source, and I spent most of my time reviewing slight […]

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Zen and the Art of Editing

May 11, 2021 by Aaron Dalton | 4 Comments on Zen and the Art of Editing

This post is part of a series by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email the Member Services Committee. I’m a punctilious person. I care about the details. I care […]

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Learning from History

October 6, 2020 by Aaron Dalton | 4 Comments on Learning from History

This post is part of a series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email the Member Services Committee. One of the reasons our species has flourished is that […]

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Freeing Myself from the Freelancer Title

November 19, 2019 by Tracey Anderson | 15 Comments on Freeing Myself from the Freelancer Title

“Are you a freelancer?” My answer to that question has changed over the course of my career. When I first started editing, I edited learning modules for apprenticeship trades in house at a polytechnic institution. I also wrote freelance projects for newspapers and magazines during evenings and weekends. I loved writing, but it was not […]

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Alone at the Intersection of Editing and Engineering

August 11, 2019 by Jessica Coles | 6 Comments on Alone at the Intersection of Editing and Engineering

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email the Member Services Committee. […]

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Even Nature Needs an Editor

June 18, 2019 by Christine Beevis Trickett | 2 Comments on Even Nature Needs an Editor

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email Sara Promislow. I am a […]

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Usability Testing From an Editor’s Perspective

April 23, 2019 by Christina Vasilevski | Leave a Comment

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email the Member Services Committee. […]

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Client Relationships for the In-house Editor

February 19, 2019 by Gael Spivak | 4 Comments on Client Relationships for the In-house Editor

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email the Member Services Committee. […]

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My brain hurts! (Or I’ve been proofreading from right to left!)

December 4, 2018 by Wendy Barron | 6 Comments on My brain hurts! (Or I’ve been proofreading from right to left!)

This post is part of a new series of case studies by and for in-house editors. The focus of this series is on the personal experiences and various roles of in-house editors. A post will appear on the Editors’ Weekly every other month. If you’re interested in writing a post for this series, please email the […]

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How Joining an Editorial Association Kickstarted My Career

June 5, 2018 by Christina Vasilevski | 4 Comments on How Joining an Editorial Association Kickstarted My Career

It’s 2008. After graduating from university the year before, I have a soul-sucking job with a company of dubious morals. However, it’s the Great Recession and beggars can’t be choosers. I feel stuck, sad and like I’m drowning. Maybe I should get back into writing, I think. Online, I find out about Ryerson University’s publishing […]

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