ACES: The Society for Editing

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Thanks, Lauren Filippini and Lesley Hall! #ACESChat is back Sept. 3 with Alysha Love @alyshalove.bsky.social on marketing for editors. Please sign up to host: tinyurl.com/43kmajf2 Talk amongst yourselves. What are your designer/editor stories? Tips? Tricks?

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Last question, Q10. What additional resources do you recommend for editors about design and the editorial process?
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Q9. What specific things can an editor can do to help a designer when they start working together?
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Q8. What have been some of your best collaborations as editor and designer, having worked together for eight years?
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Q7. Where can editors go to start learning about design?
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This is really helpful!

Q6. If the editor doesn't know what the final format is, how can they still support a designer?
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These are really helpful tips.
Here's Q5. What questions should an editor ask a designer, their assigning editor, or their client about the design process?
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Q4. How do editorial changes affect a design, and vice versa?
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Q3. What are keys to success for working together as a designer and editor?
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Q2. What should a designer know about editing for a productive relationship?
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Let's dive into our questions. Q1. What should an editor know about design for a productive relationship?
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Lesley has 16+ years of experience as a freelance designer & is Alpha Chi Omega’s associate director of creative marketing. She serves as principal designer; collaborates on internal campaign creative direction; maintains the brand guide; and leads photo, video & website initiatives. #ACESChat

As Alpha Chi Omega’s marketing and communications manager, Lauren manages the membership magazine, edits communications, and maintains the style guide. She is on the ACES Board of Directors and chairs the Communications and Publications Committee and the Crisis Management Task Force. #ACESChat

Hi! This is Sasha for ACES. Please welcome to today’s #ACESChat, Lauren Filippini and Lesley Hall. I’ll start by posting their bios. Add yours if you want. Feel free to jump in with your questions. Please use #ACESChat when you post. @laurenfilippini.bsky.social
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This month's #ACESChat starts in a few minutes with Lauren Filippini and Lesley Hall. If you are joining us, please feel free to introduce yourself — and use the #ACESChat tag. We will pin our questions. @laurenfilippini.bsky.social
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Me too!

Join us here for #ACESChat in just about an hour. Topic: the editor-designer with @laurenfilippini.bsky.social and @lesleyhall360.bsky.social

Work with a designer? Check out this week's #ACESChat, featuring an editor and a designer giving tips about how to collaborate. Writers, marketers, publishers, other designers: Join @laurenfilippini.bsky.social & @lesleyhall360@bsky.social, Bluesky, Aug. 6, 4 p.m. ET. #editing #Learning #designers

Brushing up your editing skills? Anyone with a professional interest in communicating in the clearest way possible will benefit from the Poynter ACES Certificates in Editing. Three levels. On-demand. Significant discount for members. Learn more: tinyurl.com/mrxk2sex #editing #ProfessionalDevelopment

Editors, ACES sees you and applauds you. Meet Aubespin Scholar Anna Colletto, and Hannah Bae and Matthew Crowley, the 2025 Fuhrmann Mentor Award winners. All this and more in the latest ACES Editors Corner. tinyurl.com/27z6xhmw #editing #newsletters

It's the first of the month, so we say, "Rabbit, rabbit!" The Farmers Almanac has the scoop on why. www.farmersalmanac.com/rabbit-rabbit

What happens when you get the name of the dog? Journalism magic. - Poynter From Doodle in California to a surplus of Lunas in Philadelphia, asking about Fido’s handle can bring a story to life

Here’s why reporters should always get the name of dog, from “America’s writing coach” Roy Peter Clark.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to close after Congress pulls funding - Poynter CPB, which helps fund NPR and PBS, will run out of money on Sept. 30, at which point it will lay off the majority of its staff

After nearly 60 years of supporting public broadcasting organizations like NPR and PBS, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday that it will close operations by early next year.
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"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."

--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless

Happy Herman Melville Day!

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Need a second set of eyes for your manuscript or important document? Put your trust in an expert and make an editor your first reader. We work hard to help your writing be memorable for all the right reasons and none of the wrong ones. #HireAnEditor www.editors.ca/hire