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Sylvia Barrett
Touchplate Editorial and Design Service
Kingston, ON
CanadaPrimary contact:
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2019
Profile
Non-fiction editor and writer specializing in environmental issues, life sciences, and social sciences for individuals and organizations primarily in non-profit, academic, and government sectors. Extensive editorial and communications experience, including 15 years as a senior editor at national magazines (Canadian Geographic, The Walrus, Equinox). Ryerson journalism graduate. Also a member of Science Writers and Communicators of Canada and The Writers’ Union of Canada. See my bio and samples of recent work at www.touchplate.ca.
Editorial Skills
- Copy editing
- Developmental or project editing
- Plain language
- Production editing
- Proofreading
- Rewriting
- Structural and substantive editing
- Stylistic editing
- Writing
Media/Genres
- Academic books and monographs
- Academic materials, general
- Booklets
- Books, general
- Brochures
- Educational materials, general
- Government materials, general
- Guidebooks
- In-house publications
- Magazines
- Newsletters
- Newspapers
- Periodicals, general
- Public relations materials
- Reports, annual
- Reports, other
- Trade non-fiction
- Websites
Subjects
- Archaeology and ancient history
- Arts
- Canada
- Communications
- Culture
- Earth sciences
- Ecology and environment
- Energy, mines and natural resources
- Gardening and horticulture
- Geography
- Government, federal
- Government, municipal
- Government, provincial
- Health
- Health and medicine, general
- Health care
- History
- History, Canadian
- Humanities, general
- Life sciences
- Medicine
- Medicine, alternative
- Psychology and mental health
- Sciences, general
- Social sciences
- Society, general