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Lucy Payette

Back-to-School Season: Of Food, Cocktails and Conversation

September 8, 2022 by Lucy Payette | Leave a Comment

Now that it’s September, many editors may be daydreaming of going back to school — especially as some in-class learning resumes. Here’s a smattering of online and in-person professional development opportunities available this fall: Niche editing Last April Judy Phillips wrote about what recipe editors do. The fall harvest season may inspire you to take […]

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Anita Jenkins

Mentorship: Where the Learners Teach and the Teachers Learn

October 24, 2017 by Anita Jenkins | 3 Comments on Mentorship: Where the Learners Teach and the Teachers Learn

Having a mentor is often invaluable for workers in their early to middle careers. Courses, study groups, guest speakers and conferences all help them learn their trade. But one-on-one interaction with a wise and supportive mentor is an incredibly important component of the learning curve. Let’s not forget, though, how much an experienced professional can […]

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Rosemary Shipton

Mentoring

June 7, 2016 by Rosemary Shipton | 5 Comments on Mentoring

What’s the best way to pass skills, experience and business smarts from one person to another? Mentoring tops the list. We humans have always known the value of one-on-one instruction: parents teach their trade or profession to their children, apprentices work for years with their masters and young hires look for an old hand in […]

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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf

How to Become a Medical Editor

May 3, 2016 by Katharine O'Moore-Klopf | 17 Comments on How to Become a Medical Editor

As a medical editor, I think I have the best job in the world. While I’m getting paid to edit medical manuscripts, I get to keep up with the latest research findings and treatment practices. There is a lot of this kind of work if you know where to look. Although there is no single […]

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Rosemary Shipton

How to Become an Editor

March 15, 2016 by Rosemary Shipton | 11 Comments on How to Become an Editor

Years ago, we all became editors through a kind of apprentice system. Once you had the ticket — a university degree — you were hired by a publisher or a communications department. There, a senior person on staff whipped you into shape as you did your work, followed a manual and absorbed the atmosphere. No […]

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