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The wonderful life of Janet Mackenzie

The wonderful life of Janet Mackenzie

By Michèle Drouart HLM For our history – and to pass on something of the living, breathing people among our founders and early mentors – we are adding to our cameo of Janet Mackenzie. It is in Janet’s name that IPEd offers its most prestigious award, the Janet...
The wonderful life of Janet Mackenzie

Nominate an editor for the 2026 Mackenzie

From the Standing Committee for Awards and Prizes IPEd invites nominations for the 2026 Janet Mackenzie Medal. The Mackenzie is IPEd’s most prestigious award. It recognises the outstanding achievements and contributions of a current or past IPEd professional member to...
Who was Janet Mackenzie?

Who was Janet Mackenzie?

By Michèle Drouart Could just 500 words do justice to the person in whose honour the Institute of Professional Editors’ most prestigious award, the Janet Mackenzie Medal, has been named? Hardly, but this brief sketch below should offer some sense of the remarkable...