Professional/Personal Overview
Award-winning Washington Post copy editor/copy chief is now available to handle your copy editing needs. My strength is to go beyond the basics and untangle complex sentences, spot holes and inconsistencies, and tighten. And more: Is the premise backed up? Do the numbers add up? Is the article accurate, and are the facts attributed? Could the article's structure be improved, or could it be better written while retaining the writer's voice? Reports, white papers, articles, newsletters, book manuscripts--I do them all. Ask about overnight service: in by 5, out by 9. Training and consulting services also available. Check out my website, kramerediting.com, for editing samples and testimonials.
Work Info
Expertise
Reporter
8 Years
Copy Chief
12 Years
Copy Editor
22 Years
Specialty
General
40 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
40 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Meredith Corp. (11+), American U. Investigative Reporting Workshop (11+), Pew Research Center (11+), Pew Hispanic Center (6-10), Columbia U. Graduate School of Journalism (3-5), SPGRIFFIN Productions (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Americans Elect (11+), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (11+), Ford Foundation (11+), McKinsey & Company (11+), McKinsey Global Institute (11+), UNCF (6-10), Brookings Institution (1-2)
Other Work History
The Washington Post, 1984-2006
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat (pdfs), Adobe InDesign (copy editing only), Adobe InCopy
Equipment
PC, Mac. Never far from my laptop. All w/high-speed Internet connection.
References
Henry Louis Gates, Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard
Awards
Eugene Meyer Award, 2003 (the highest honor at The Washington Post, given annually)
Other
University of Illinois, B.S. in journalism, 1971
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Washington, DC. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
