Communications Strategy- Penang PH shifts election strategy towards voter turnout amid fears of growing political apathy - The Vibes May 24, 2026
- Ukraine seeks new communications strategy to counter Russian influence - MSN May 21, 2026
- Deep Dive: The 2026 State of Internal Communications - Ragan Communications May 19, 2026
- Astonish Media Group Named Agency of Record for Legacy Brand Sioux Honey, America’s Only Beekeeper-Owned Honey Cooperative in the United States; John Conway and Aimee Sandman Comment - Deli Market News May 18, 2026
- Nomadic Appoints Stitchy to Lead Media Across UK and Ireland - Little Black Book | LBBOnline May 15, 2026
- CSIA Appoints Betsy Linnell as Director of Marketing & Communications - Snow Industry News May 14, 2026
- Why Your Communications Strategy is Undermining Your Decisions - pan african visions May 14, 2026
- Newnan council reviews communications strategy, approves sidewalk contract - The Newnan Times-Herald May 12, 2026
- University Governance
- Universities lost their social licence. Now they’re losing control - AFR May 21, 2026
- UNESCO report finds weak university AI governance - Let's Data Science May 20, 2026
- ANU saga a ‘threshold moment’ for unis fearing government crackdown - AFR May 20, 2026
- Media Statement: Inquiry into Enhancing University Governance - The University of Melbourne May 20, 2026
- Graduating student leaders reflect on four years of self-governance - The Cavalier Daily May 19, 2026
- UEH Strengthens Its Board of Management, Completing the Governance Structure of a Multidisciplinary University Under New Regulations - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City May 19, 2026
- Universities fail on workplace realities - The Saturday Paper May 15, 2026
- Rethinking Shared Governance (opinion) - Inside Higher Ed May 14, 2026
Tag Archives: editing
Tracking Online News
My new favourite website is NewsDiffs.org, which tracks and archives changes made to online news articles over time. Currently it follows nytimes.com, cnn.com, politico.com, washingtonpost.com, and bbc.co.uk; no Canadian publications yet, alas. Click on the image to see how a … Continue reading
Writing and editing for the computer screen
Lawyer and language genius Bryan Garner over at LawProse.org spells out, in typically lucid fashion, how to compose documents when you know they will be read on a computer screen rather than on paper. 1.Summarize. It’s important to learn the … Continue reading
Foreign loanwords in transition: What should they look like?
You might be surprised how often this comes up for professional writers and editors. Bryan Garner, the ace lawyer & editor & language authority, explains: The more arcane or technical a loanword, the more likely it is to retain a … Continue reading
Needing Readers
In my classes, as well as in my career as a “communications guy,” I stress the requirement that all written pieces be read by one or several people prior to submission or publication. My friend, the scholar Jonathan Mayhew, has … Continue reading
Revision : Heterovision
I tell students and clients they shouldn’t take feedback on their work as personal critiques. “You are not the words on the paper on which your reports are printed.” This seems like a straight-forward point, but even seasoned editors tend to forget … Continue reading
“The Canadian Style”
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is the nation’s official publisher and our largest translation organization. It also publishes a wonderful online style guide and a collection of writing and editing tools that will handily assist students and teachers, authors … Continue reading
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Editing
You cannot edit yourself any more than you can tickle yourself, and for the same reasons, Diane Middlebrook once told me. Better writers understand this. *** Here are the 9 C’s I use as an editor of other writers’ work: 1. … Continue reading