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Gerri Berendzen

@gerrrib.bsky.social

I teach editing, writing and information management at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at KU. I'm a fan of words, baseball, college basketball, St. Louis and Futurama. Remember: Everyone needs an editor.

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Oh, cool! #ACESchat

05.11.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think maybe the key is you advice about marking emails β€œunread.” #ACESchat

05.11.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. I’d like to know that, too. #ACESchat

05.11.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I teach multiple classes and have that system for them. Each class has a folder. The problem comes in when I forget to move emails into those folders. #ACESchat

05.11.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. Interesting point about scheduling. #ACESchat

05.11.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a big believer in to-do lists and checklists. I have an editing checklist for every project. #ACESchat

05.11.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. I’m not sure I could keep it up, though. #ACESchat

05.11.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My problem is this plan is I get so many emails, the emails get lost! #ACESChat

05.11.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like I have your level of interests and things going on, @katiebeaconpoint.bsky.social, but not your level of organization. #ACESchat!

05.11.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m always juggling multiple projects, although not always in editing. #ACESchat

05.11.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, Katie! #ACESChatt @katiebeaconpoint.bsky.social

05.11.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! @gerrrib.bsky.social here getting ready for #ACESchat today!

05.11.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When I still worked at a newspaper, we used Social Flow, which I loved. #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know I’m struggling to find my place post-Twitter. #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You and me both! #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well at least I know I don’t have to do TikTok! #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can sing and make faces while you do the latest dance! #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly @monocleediting.bsky.social ! #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what I really want advice on because the social media scene is so segmented these days … and I don’t see myself as being right for TikTok! #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

We all need a push sometimes! }ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love the idea of us all having a special sauce! #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly, @monocleediting.bsky.social . Marketing myself doesn’t come naturally for me either … I’m naturally that behind-the-scenes editor type. #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m interested in this topic because I’ve never had to market myself, but as I take on freelance projects, I can see that marketing is important. #ACESchat

01.10.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Slide with this sentence: The meeting attendees were distracted by the kittens’ meowing.

Slide with this sentence: The meeting attendees were distracted by the kittens’ meowing.

Lisa McLendon gave this as an example when talking about fused particles. I’d look at that sentence and say to myself β€œI’m not sure if it’s wrong or not. So why not rewrite it” to: β€œThe meeting attendees were distracted when the kittens meowed.” When in doubt , punt. #ACES2025 Sweat This, Not That

04.04.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lisa McLendon makes a point about Grammar.

Lisa McLendon makes a point about Grammar.

You’re working with grammar. You wonder what you should sweat. Or what you shouldn’t sweat. Lisa Mckendon has the answer for you at the #ACES2025 conference.

04.04.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@petersokolowski.bsky.social on the early English grammar book writers: They made the bad decision of trying to fit the square peg of a Germanic language into the round hole of Latin grammar. #ACES2025

04.04.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to @petersokolowski.bsky.social talk about the first dictionary (even at 8 a.m.) is a true pleasure. #ACES2025

04.04.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Karen Conklin gets 2nd place on Paella. #ACES2025 Spelling Bee. (First place was Candice Gullett.)

03.04.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spell off for 2nd, 3rd place at #ACES2025 Spelling Bee. bavardage takes out first of three spellers.

03.04.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And Tiramisu is the winning word! #ACES2025 Spelling Bee

03.04.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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