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Using Volunteer Work to Make Yourself More Marketable

Tuesday March 22, 2022

I didn’t volunteer with my editing association to get things out of it for myself. But over the years, I noticed that I was getting a lot out of it beyond feeling good about giving back to my community. This post summarizes what I learned so that you can use it to shape your own […]

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Searching the Oxford Reference Collection

Tuesday October 11, 2022

I’m a minimalist in almost all aspects of my life. The decor of my condo is spare. It’s not polished concrete like you see in those gigantic open-concept loft apartments that have been converted from warehouse spaces (though frankly I see the appeal). I generally don’t keep things unless I need them or unless they […]

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What Role Can Editors Play in the Conscious Language Debate?

Thursday June 8, 2023

Conscious language (also known as inclusive language) is a topic that is gaining a lot of attention on a global scale. Recently, there has been some heated debate over some publishers’ decisions to edit the works of Roald Dahl and Agatha Christie to align with current language standards. These debates highlight the divide that exists […]

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The NEC in Detail: Director of Training and Development and Director of Volunteer Relations

Thursday February 15, 2024

This is the sixth and final post in a series describing the roles of the Editors Canada national executive council by Heather Buzila. This series is also available in French (cette série est également disponible en français).  Following on my post about the directors of professional standards and publishing, I’ll provide an overview of the duties […]

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What Do You Hope to Read in The Editors’ Weekly?

Thursday April 4, 2024

The Editors’ Weekly wouldn’t be what it is without the wonderful contributors who volunteer their time to share their wisdom each week. It also wouldn’t be what it is without you, dear readers. We’ve got some great content coming up this month! As planning progresses for spring and summer 2024, we’ve got a question for […]

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Mind the Gap! The Point of Sensitivity Reading

Thursday October 17, 2024

We’re all familiar with the aphorism “write what you know” and the endless debates on who should be allowed to write what. Multiple studies have shown that our perceptions are shaped by the media we consume, from the books we read as children to the evening news we watch as adults. When those media rely […]

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Red poppies bloom in a field, referring to the poem “In Flanders Fields” in the EAC blog post, “The Gentle Editor.”

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BLP0124020 (Book Editors Endangered)

Former D&M book editor Nancy Flight writes a thoughtful article about the future, and vulnerability, of book publishing in the digital age. This photo illustrates her blog post, underscoring the uncertainty of publishing by presenting old books, spine in, on a shelf, with an archaic letterpress ampersand on top.

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Veteran editor Wilf Popoff writes the second column in his series for The Editors’ Weekly on “Wasted Words,” in which he explains his “hit list”: which words he would remove from the English language and why. The house engulfed in flames is an example of the redundancy, “completely demolished” (Wilf would ban “completely”).

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