Content Editing Overview 📝
Allison Vena
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Posted Apr 18, 2023
Content editing helps produce the best possible content for the reader. Here’s quick look into the types of content I have edited for.
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Here’s an look into the work I've edited:
As a Copy Editor for the Sports and Opinion sections from the Scarlet & Gray Free Press, occasionally editing for A&E or News, I:
Edited in Google Docs, using track changes and leaving comments
Offered suggestions to rephrase writing
Corrected articles for AP style mixed with our house guide
Reformatted articles to our designated format (typeface, sizing, paragraph spacing, etc.)
Rephrased and strengthened headlines
Interacted with staff writers to clarify ideas and facts through Google Docs, Gmail, and Slack
Blog posts - Trees.app
Edited hundreds of mini articles in Django for spelling and flow
Removed/added useful links
Condensed/expanded copy depending on the content
Résumés
Checked for spelling, grammar, and syntax
Simplified lengthy or rambly sentences; removed fluff
Corrected for parallel structure in verbs (past tense, present tense, etc.)
Incorporated action verbs
Emphasized skills, and what each job demonstrates of the résumé's author
Letters of Intent
Edited drafts for spelling, grammar, and syntax
Used Google Docs to track changes and leave comments
Helped fit the content to the designated word count (if relevant)
Suggested better ways to introduce and conclude ideas
Ensured that the writing answered the prompts in their entirety
Condensed writing to sound succinct
Research Studies
Verifying that the paper followed the correct visual format, and ensured consistent text sizing/spacing
Checked for spelling, grammar, and syntax
Worked with the author to ensure ideas came across clearly
Followed APA style
Essays
Edited essays for students of varying levels
Checked for spelling, grammar, and syntax
Cleaned up awkward phrasing
Condensed writing
Suggested more sourcing
UNLV Dept. of World Languages
Cross-checked copies of schedules for fall 2021 through fall 2023 semesters, ensuring the correct dates/times, professor/class names were written
Edited graphics to promote classes and clubs
Drafted and edited emails to release to all students taking a foreign language class