15
Apr
Reinforcing the User Experience: Editors’ Involvement with UX Writing
by Madison Merkley
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Editors need to understand the user experience in order to guide writers through the essential UX writing processes. Tailoring content to the user experience (UX)...
10
Apr
Are Universities Really Preparing Editors for the Real World?
by Karlie Kelsch
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The learning outcomes of university-level editing courses don’t match the skills required for technical editing jobs. How can editing programs improve? College education keeps getting...
08
Apr
Can ChatGPT Fact-Check Your Writing?
by Katie Greene
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By understanding the limitations of using large language models for fact-checking, writers and editors can learn to use these tools productively. As large language models...
03
Apr
Dyslexic Accessibility: E-books or Physical Books?
by Phoebe English
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In recent years, e-books have been touted as the best way to increase accessibility, but that may not be true for adults with dyslexia. E-books...
30
Nov
Consistency Is Key: Using Style Guides Effectively
by Payton Pingree
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While you may sometimes find style guides restrictive and tedious to follow, they provide the basic guidelines for creating clean, consistent, comprehensible text. Copy editing...
23
Jun
Editing Within Limits: Navigating Trademark Concerns While Editing
by Hannah Hubbard
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Laws and codes may create concerns when editors edit text with trademarked products or services. What can editors do to mitigate these concerns? The editing...
20
Jun
This Philosopher’s Use of the Em Dash Challenges Punctuation As We Know It
by Hannah Ackerman
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The work of one world-renowned German philosopher from the 1800s uses em dashes in unusual and innovative ways, challenging the rules of punctuation over a...
18
Jun
Picking Up Pens: The Prosocial Power of Transportive Fiction
by Karly Lay
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Ever wondered whether fiction has the power to influence real-world behavior? One study that tested participants’ willingness to help pick up pens suggests that the...
20
Jun
Think You Have the Same Expectations as Your Editor? Think Again!
by Michael Pulsipher
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Worldwide connections cause postgraduates and editors to work together from different countries. Therefore, expectations need to be clarified from the very beginning. Haidee Kruger and...
18
Jun
Can “Eye” Get Some Feedback?
by Marie Lefler
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Can eye tracking and keystroke logging tell us more about how we write and how we can write better? Writing is a difficult task for...
