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Leslie Lapides
Editors Canada Volunteer Participation
- Conference (2019)
- Member Services (2019)
- Training and Development (2019)
Profile
You need a smart, fast, thorough editor who’s easy to work with. My clients — consultants, executives, marketers, judges, attorneys, writers — say working with me was highly productive, easy and shockingly pleasant.
One of the top business-focused editors in the U.S., I have 30-plus years of editing experience. I was business editor of a major Washington, D.C.-based news service and belonged to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. I won a group Peabody Award for my editing in 2011 (that's for online media and broadcasting).
One professional writer I worked with told me, “You are a great editor, smart, fast, professional. Every piece of mine that you touched you made better, in a gentle way without rewriting it.” (Go here for more testimonials.)
I'm collaborative and collegial, but also decisive. I won't waste your time.
I can Americanize Canadian content (I'm an American) and couch your information so it's more likely a journalist will be interested in writing about it (I'm a managing editor).
I am a member of Editors Canada and have a B.A. in the humanities from the University of Chicago.
I am also an approved supplier for PubLaunch.
Try me — you won't be sorry.
Editorial Skills
- Copy editing
- Online editing
- Production editing
- Proofreading
- Structural and substantive editing
Media/Genres
- Advertising and marketing materials
- Briefs, précis, and executive summaries
- Brochures
- Business materials, general
- Conference materials
- Grant applications and fundraising
- In-house publications
- Multimedia
- Newsletters
- Newspapers
- Periodicals, general
- Proposals and evaluations
- Websites
Subjects
- Business
- Communications
- Culture
- Lifestyles
- Politics
- Psychology and mental health
- Travel and tourism
- United States