Instructor
Emmy Favilla
Emmy Favilla is the Senior Commerce Editor in BuzzFeed's Marketing Lab, former Global Copy Chief at BuzzFeed and author of A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age. As Global Copy Chief, she oversaw a team of international copy editors and co-author of the BuzzFeed Style Guide. She is also the former copy chief of Teen Vogue and has also worked as a staff and freelance copy editor for Seventeen, Natural Health, Domino, Blender, and Lucky magazines. Emmy attended the University of the Arts London and holds a B.A. in Journalism from New York University.
Testimonials about this instructor
Emmy makes a great copy editing instructor because she brings a range of experience to the course along with an ability to connect with students. She's personable and professional and able to moderate a class that pulls everyone together in a positive learning environment.
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Emmy Favilla is excellent. She crafted an informative, well-organized lecture, made it fun because she's so charismatic.
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The content was very informative and exactly what I expected from a basics course. I walked away feeling more confident about copy editing, and with the tools to further my knowledge.
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Emmy was great. Really friendly, laid-back, not stuffy, or boring. Approachable and smart.
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Emmy was quite organized, knowledgable, and approachable. She was open to questions and provided good examples and exercises to practice identifying errors and using judgement to copy edit successfully.
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