Communications Strategy- What Does Furia Rubel Do for Law Firms Facing Litigation, Investigations, and Reputational Risk? - StreetInsider June 1, 2026
- Lumen Elevates Melissa Mann to Chief Public Policy Officer & Jessica Taylor to Chief Communications Officer - The Fast Mode June 1, 2026
- A Communications Strategy Built to Unite: How The Children’s Center of Detroit Uses Digital Signage to Serve Its Community With Purpose - rAVe [PUBS] May 29, 2026
- NetCarrier Names Doug Derstine CEO as Company Expands AI Communications Strategy - citybiz May 27, 2026
- Dawn Clark has been appointed as Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Teneo Hospitality Group - Hospitality Net May 27, 2026
- Lumen Elevates Melissa Mann and Jessica Taylor to Chief Officer Roles, Strengthening Public Policy and Communications Leadership - Lumen - Investor Relations May 26, 2026
- The Communications and Information Technology Office (Diskominfosantik) Strengthens Public Relations Capacity to Support Development Success by Hosting IKP Talks - Jabarprov May 26, 2026
- Ukraine seeks new communications strategy to counter Russian influence - MSN May 21, 2026
- University Governance
- Anti-corruption watchdog to probe UOW leadership in public hearings - Wave 96.5 June 2, 2026
- ASUU-BSU embarks on indefinite strike over unpaid entitlements, governance issues - The Sun Nigeria June 2, 2026
- Hungary ‘must change institutional culture’ in governance shake-up - Times Higher Education June 1, 2026
- More Australian universities than ANU face a governance crisis. But why now precisely? - Crikey June 1, 2026
- Why AI adoption in universities is really a question of trust - Times Higher Education May 29, 2026
- Day 3 Opening Session: Baruah Calls for University Governance Reform as MPC Looks Ahead to 2027 - Detroit Regional Chamber May 28, 2026
- UEH Green Visit 2026: Welcoming Delegates from Quy Nhon University and HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts to Explore and Exchange on the UEH Green Campus Living Lab Model - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City May 27, 2026
- Universities lost their social licence. Now they’re losing control - AFR May 21, 2026
Tag Archives: editing
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An example of editing.
Yelling at your editor
In earlier writing here on mentorship, I noted that you do not have to actually like your mentors to have a fruitful relationship with them. In one post, “Mentorship without Friendship,” I wrote: “A mentor sees in her or his … Continue reading
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Prime Yourself
There needs to be two of you: you and “you prime.” The latter is an heuristic entity brought into being by you for the purpose of protecting and orienting you. Your “you prime” makes the hard decisions – saying no to … Continue reading
I wish I had written this.
Back in the day a journalist for the Norfolk Pilot newspaper got his copy back from his editor with this note: “Sorry it’s so short but a certain amount of muck, spleen, libel, hogwash, garbage, neologism, prurience, presumption, assumption, half-assumption, … Continue reading
Editing for a civil society
Friend of No Contest Communications Chet Wisniewsiki, a principal research scientist at Sophos, woke me up with this short thread earlier this week:
Happy to help
Twice in the last week I have helped to prevent a calamity from befalling a colleague. One colleague was irritated and the other was infuriated to receive my editorial help, though they each requested it. Both will come out “smelling … Continue reading
Editors are there for you.
This note appears in Seymour Hersh’s Reporter: A Memoir. The last seven words are utterly splendid. Here is a congenial interview with Hersh by Christian Lorentzen.
Editing and Gender
The New York Times obituary of famed film editor Anne V. Coates is very charming. Ms. Coates vowed to find a way to make a career in cinema. She would need to overcome not only her family’s resistance but also … Continue reading
More on editing
In an early NoContest.CA post on editing, I described “the 9 C’s” I use when evaluating another writer’s work: completeness conciseness clarity convincingness currency correctness consistency congruency courtesy I added: Almost all writers need a second set of eyes to assess … Continue reading
Self-revision
It is hard to edit one’s own work into its final version; you always need a second pair of eyes. One can, though, review and recast one’s work using intelligent techniques. My former mentor NYU Journalism professor Jay Rosen mentions two … Continue reading