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Friday, January 27, 2012 - 6:26amErin Brenner0
In today’s News Roundup, a caution to keep your writers from becoming parrots, plus usage lessons, a quiz, and your Friday bonus.
Top pick
Bill Walsh explains why J.C. Penny is not “permanently cutting its prices” in “Penny Want a Cracker?” (Blogslot)
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- “Peruse This Very Carefully ...”: This quick podcast gives you the real meaning of peruse. (Grammar Underground)
- “Garner’s Usage Tip of the Day: Remorselessly”: No, you can’t use remorsely instead. (Law Prose)
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 11:55amDawn McIlvain Stahl0
ACDI/VOCA is seeking an editor/director of media relations to join its Washington, D.C., team. ACDI/VOCA (pronounced A-C-D-I-vōca) is a nonprofit international economic development organization that promotes opportunities for “cooperatives, enterprises and communities through the innovative application of sound business practice.” ACDI, Agricultural Cooperative Development International, was formed in 1963; VOCA began in 1970 as the Volunteer Development Corps. The organizations merged in 1997.
The editor/director of media relations will work in the Public Relations and Communication department, editing and writing proposals, reports, manuals, articles, press releases, position statements, and similar materials. Other...
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 8:40amDawn McIlvain Stahl0
Katharine O’Moore-Klopf of KOK Edit has worked in publishing since 1984, spending the last 17 years as a freelance copyeditor. She is a board-certified editor in the life sciences who specializes in English as a second language (ESL) medical editing. Katharine talks about medical editing, mentoring, and more in the latest issue of the Copyediting newsletter (subscription is included in a basic membership to the website).
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 6:20amErin Brenner0
In today’s News Roundup we explore how to charge for editing work, when we should take off our editor’s hat, plus pick up lessons on jargon, lexicography, and word snobbery.
Top pick
How to charge for editing is one of the biggest questions freelance editors face. Rich Adin makes an argument for a per-page fee in “The Publisher’s Search for Savings.” (An American Editor)
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- “Nitpicking Grammar in the Digital Age”: At what point should you take off your editor’s hat? (Words Work)
- “Confidence Trick”: Merrill Perlman brings us up to...
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