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Managing Editorial Freelances



Dates:

11 October 2010; 14 February & 1 September 2011 (a one-day course)


Price:

£365+VAT (a number of discounts are available)

 

Note: Our rates will be changing in 2011. If you book before 31/12/2010 you will be charged the 2010 rate.

 

Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)


Book course online or phone +44 (0)20 8874 2718 for availability


"More confident in writing briefs. I feel I better understand the importance of briefs and feedback. I thought the course was extremely useful; I’d recommend all editors to go on it."

Sage Publications delegate


Publishers of print and digital products are increasingly out-sourcing their editorial work to freelances, leaving the in-house editorial and production staff with the important task of overseeing, co-ordinating, and maintaining the quality of their work.

 

This well-established course will give you a comprehensive overview of the issues that must be taken into account when employing freelances.

 

You will learn how to:



The course will give you a more rounded view of employing freelances and help you ensure that the advantages of reducing editorial overheads aren't being undermined by insufficient planning, briefing or quality control.

Programme


Who will benefit from this course?

Anyone responsible for managing editorial freelances in a print on digital publishing environment.


Your tutor

Anne Waddingham trades as WordMedic (‘Making words better’) and has worked in STM publishing for over 30 years. She specialises in tutoring, on-screen editing and project management. She authored the on-screen editing chapter in the fourth edition of Butcher’s Copy-editing (CUP, 2006) and contributed to New Hart’s Rules (OUP, 2005). She has a Licentiateship in Editorial Skills from the City & Guilds Institute.

 


Note that most of our short courses can also be run as in-company events.

 

 

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Dates: 11 October 2010; 14 February & 1 September 2011

Price: £365+VAT (a number of discounts are available).


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