Editing portfolio

For most of the sam­ples in this port­fo­lio, I devel­oped the story idea and pack­ag­ing con­cept, assigned it to a writer or writ­ers, edited the man­u­script at all lev­els from story struc­ture to com­mas, and wrote the dis­play (head­line, sub­heads, photo cap­tions, and such). I also worked closely with design­ers, art direc­tors, and other edi­tors to bring the story to life.

Along with recent pieces I’ve com­pleted as a free­lance edi­tor in Toronto, I’m show­cas­ing sev­eral pieces here from Cottage Life mag­a­zine. I was part of the edi­to­r­ial team for 11 years. It’s an excel­lent mag­a­zine; pick up a copy.

Editing is an invis­i­ble craft—when it’s done well, it’s dif­fi­cult to see. If you look at a few dif­fer­ent pieces here, I believe you will see con­sis­tent, high qual­ity across a vari­ety of struc­tures, approaches, tones, and voices.