4 September 2024 | Newsletters, September 2024
From the Standing Committee on Awards and Prizes IPEd invites nominations for the 2025 Janet Mackenzie Medal (the Mackenzie) from 2 September to 4 November 2024. The Notice of Intention to nominate must be sent to IPEd via email by COB 14 October 2024. The Mackenzie...
4 September 2024 | Newsletters, September 2024
By Julie Ganner AE The third edition of the IPEd Standards for Editing Practice states that editors “should edit consciously and promote the principles of inclusive language … [and be] aware of discriminatory or biased terms” (D3). Language has the power...
4 September 2024 | Newsletters, September 2024
By Kylie Howard, Editors Victoria events officer The term “content design” is familiar to many editors, yet a lot of us are bewildered by what it actually is, not to mention the role that editors can play in it. And so, on 20 August 2024, we were delighted...
4 September 2024 | Newsletters, September 2024
By Ella Fischer At the start of August, New Zealand publishers big and small converged on cool and grey Auckland for two days of discussing the newest publishing trends, asking the big questions about everything from accessibility to AI, reconnecting with colleagues...
4 September 2024 | Newsletters, September 2024
By Michèle Drouart On Sunday 7 July, the editing community lost a friend and supporter, who died following a brief illness at the age of 94. Allan Watson had been a member of the Society of Editors WA (SOEWA) since shortly after its inception in the 1990s. He had...
