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Getting Freelance Copyediting Gigs

Take better tests and nail that interview

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WHEN
Monday, July 31, 6:45-9:45 p.m.

WHO
This class is taught at an intermediate level. Students must already know how to copyedit.

WHERE
Beverly Hills Bar Association
300 South Beverly Drive, Room 207B
Beverly Hills, Calif.

MORE INFO
Email learnwest@mediabistro.com, or call (310) 659-5668.

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

You've taken Copyediting 101, so you know how to do the job. You've read your stylebooks, reviewed your grammar rules, and polished your people skills. But now what? Now is the time to take flight as a freelancer. L.A.'s market has opportunities if you know where to look and how to impress. So sharpen your Col-Erases and take notes on your Post-Its: in this course, you'll figure out how to get the gig.

In this seminar, you can expect to learn:

  • How to tweak your resume
  • How to prep for a copy test
  • Where to find jobs
  • How much the jobs pay
  • Where to go when you have questions

Instructor Bio

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Chrys Wu
Chrys Wu is a freelance journalist, copy editor and researcher whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and LATimes.com, the Los Angeles Daily News, National Geographic Traveler, Shape, and KCRW.com. Her writing and editing experience also includes work with corporations and non-profits. She received her journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which may explain her affinity for the color red.

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