A Year In Review with West Coast Editor, The Editors’ Weekly, and BoldFace

As 2024 comes to a close, the four editors from the three official Editors Canada blogs, The Editors’ Weekly, BoldFace, and West Coast Editor, have come together to bring you all a year in review. Photo by Roven Images on Unsplash On Sunday, West Coast Editor, the official blog of Editors British Columbia, published part … Continue reading A Year In Review with West Coast Editor, The Editors’ Weekly, and BoldFace →

What’s in Your Editing Workspace?

Inspired by our recurring blog “What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf,” we now want to peek past editors’ bookshelves and into their workspaces. “What’s in Your Editing Workspace” will explore everything from our day-to-day stationery to furniture, from hardware to sources of inspiration, and everything in-between. If you have something you'd like to share, let us … Continue reading What’s in Your Editing Workspace? →

What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#6)

In this column, members of the editing community share what’s on their (physical) bookshelves and highlight a few notable titles. In our previous instalment, editors shared such treasures as Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World by Todd Rogers and Jessica Lasky-Fink, and A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. If you’d like to show us … Continue reading What’s on Your Editing Bookshelf? (#6) →

Happy First Birthday, ChatGPT

by Amanda Goldrick-Jones Image by Terri Paju from Pixabay Last winter, ChatGPT burst on the scene and exploded editors’ brains. A year later, what do we know? How does ChatGPT (and its proliferating cousins) affect editors’ workflow, roles, and relationships with writers? I wanted to learn more from editors who have spent serious time with Artificial Intelligence (AI) … Continue reading Happy First Birthday, ChatGPT →

ChatGPT and the Role of Editors

by Amanda Goldrick-Jones Photo by Neel on Unsplash Like many editors, I’m curious about the effect auto-writing generators like ChatGPT might have on our profession. As an academic editor, I’ve read much heated discussion about writing generated by artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots being dehumanizing and demotivating, and making plagiarism even easier. These are valid concerns, and I share them [for … Continue reading ChatGPT and the Role of Editors →