Call on my editing services to …

 

Shape and focus the content of a publication – print or online

• Articulate the purpose and intended audience
• Recommend high-impact content
• Assign, select and write articles or features

Translate a plan to top-quality writing and display

• Edit and rewrite articles, so content is clear, compelling and complete
• Catch ambiguous or inconsistent statements
• Favor active over passive voice
• Correct poor arrangement, and smooth transitions in materials
• Guard against jargon or trite phrases
• Write headlines
• Choose photos, illustrations, charts and other graphics
• Work with a designer on layout

Follow through to get every detail right

• Ensure correct spelling, punctuation and grammar
• Correct usage errors (eager and anxious, continual and continuous, for example)
• Enforce consistent style in content – including hyphenation, numerals and capitalization
• Ensure consistent style in display – including headline fonts and capitalization, subheadings and photo captions

Perform an exacting final check

• Proofread every detail of content and display
• Take a last, big-picture look: Is the result as imagined? Is it still your preferred approach?

I am currently editor of GFMD Insider, a regular online publication of the Brussels-based Global Forum on Media Development.

• A link to it: http://gfmd.info/index.php/news/gfmd_insider/