6 November 2024 | Home Page, Newsletters, November 2024
By Julie Ganner AE A frustration I often hear voiced by people with low or no vision is about the lack of image descriptions (alt text) in many digital publications. An image description tells the user what an image is of. Without it, someone using a screen reader...
6 November 2024 | Home Page, Newsletters, November 2024
By Sylvia Bauer, Editors ANZ Back this July by popular demand after speaking in 2021, Pania Tahau-Hodges hosted her second workshop on editing te reo Māori in English-language texts. This topic affects all editors in Aotearoa New Zealand, so it’s no wonder...
6 November 2024 | Home Page, Newsletters, November 2024
From the Standing Committee for Professional Development Ever wished there were some simple, seamless tricks that would speed up your editing? Ever wished you could stay in the flow of your copyediting while tackling routine fixes, standardising and checks? Using...
6 November 2024 | Home Page, Newsletters, November 2024
From the Standing Committee for Awards and Prizes Entries close on Monday 11 November for the 2025 IPEd Student Prize, so if you are a student editor, get your entries in now! The prize acknowledges excellent work by a student of editing, and is open to any...
6 November 2024 | Home Page, Newsletters, November 2024
From the Accreditation Board This year’s accreditation renewal round saw 44 Accredited Editors (AEs) successfully renew their accreditation. Two cohorts were eligible to apply for renewal in 2024: the 2009 cohort, who sat the second exam when it was still on paper and...
6 November 2024 | Newsletters, November 2024
By Marita Smith AE On Tuesday 1 October, Dr Linda Nix AE delivered an insightful presentation about business planning for freelance editors. Linda discussed the essential role of business planning in the freelance editing profession, emphasising that developing a...
