Developmental Editing for Online
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Although much of my work at In These Times consisted of fact checking and copyediting, I was afforded the opportunity to developmentally edit a co-worker's piece on the AFL-CIO and Trans Pacific Partnership Debate.
Therefore, I assisted the author in clarifying sections of the piece, asking questions that were unclear and prompted the author to conduct a little more researching by reaching out to individuals for comment. Along with that, I did a quick sweep of simple copyedits in order to ease the process later on. After reading through the document a few times and collaborating with the author through comments and in person, I sent it back to him to finish the final piece. You can see the published piece here. |
Fact Checking While Editing |
Once again, I was sent this piece by my editor at In These Times. He had been working with this author and wanted me to take a look at it, make some suggestions and also do a quick fact check at the same time. While developmentally editing this article, I went through some research to ask questions about the subject. Because agriculture is not my forte, I was able to read the article like an outsider and ask the questions that would help to ensure that the article was clear and concise to all audiences. Along with that, I tried to incorporate information and suggestions that would match the style and tone of the piece that was adopted by the author originally.
Once the developmental editing process was done, I did research on specific numbers and fact checked other integral pieces within the article. You can read the completed article here. |
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Editing Scholarly Reprints for Wider Audiences
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This article was a twelve page scholarly article when I received it from my editor. In These Times was given permission to reprint the article online but in a more general format so that it was accessible to wider audiences.
I was able to successfully read through the entire article and determine what content was important to the overall message, what content was necessary in order for the audience to grasp the food science aspect of the piece and then I was able to scale down the unnecessary information. After editing out entire paragraphs, I went through the article again to add in transitional sentences and conjunctions in order to ensure that the now four page document read clearly to all audiences. After gleaning out the pieces that I was unable to use, I edited the article in AP Style in order to match the In These Times style guide and prepared the article for online use. |