The Editors' Weekly
Official blog of Canada's national editorial association
The Editors' Weekly
Navigation
  • About the Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Articles en français
  • editors.ca
  • reviseurs.ca
You are here: Home › Entries tagged with "in-house editing"
Currently browsing tag

in-house editing

Illustration of man, eyes closed, sitting cross-legged, zen-like, in front of a laptop, while papers fly around him.

Zen and the Art of Editing

May 11, 2021 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton

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 …

Magnifying glass magnifies the words "Style Guide" on the cover of a spiral-bound document. Illustration on a blue background.

Learning from History

October 6, 2020 | Filed under: Aaron Dalton

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 …

Freelancer and other skill-based titles

Freeing Myself from the Freelancer Title

November 19, 2019 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

“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 …

icon showing a pencil between two gears to represent engineering in-house editing

Alone at the Intersection of Editing and Engineering

August 11, 2019 | Filed under: Jessica Coles

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 …

Even Nature Needs an Editor

June 18, 2019 | Filed under: Christine Beevis Trickett

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 …

Usability Testing From an Editor’s Perspective

April 23, 2019 | Filed under: Christina Vasilevski

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 …

Client Relationships for the In-house Editor

February 19, 2019 | Filed under: Gael Spivak

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 …

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

December 4, 2018 | Filed under: Wendy Barron

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 …

How Joining an Editorial Association Kickstarted My Career

June 5, 2018 | Filed under: Christina Vasilevski

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 …

What we’re talking about

Aaron Dalton author-editor relationship authors award profiles book editors book publishing communication communications copy editing editing editing tools editor editor's role editor advice editorial skills editors editors at work Editors Canada conference français freelance editors freelancing French grammar interview James Harbeck language linguistics Linguistics Frankly Marianne Grier marketing networking plain language proofreading publishing Rosemary Shipton rédaction révision style traduction usage Wasted Words Wilf Popoff word choice writers writing

Email subscriptions

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,017 other subscribers

Most recent posts

  • Reflections on Kindness from Early-Career Editors
  • Safety and Respect: A Look at Editors Canada’s Workplace Harassment Policy
  • On Editing an Editor: Margaret Kingsbury and Laura Bontje in Conversation
  • Practical Ways to Help Ukraine from Canada
  • Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 3

Archives by month

By author

Follow Us Online

Facebook  Twitter  Flickr  RSS Feed

www.editors.ca

The Editors' Weekly is the blog of Editors Canada.

Report an error or a typo

Email us at blog [at] editors.ca

© 2022 The Editors' Weekly

Powered by One Designs