Editing for accessibility
As editors, we are advocates for readers—the people who use the documents we help produce. If a document is not accessible, a significant portion of the intended audience may not be able to receive the message.
Review of Turn Every Page
We recommend this insightful documentary about what editing can be.
Your 2023 guide to conferences on editing
In-person editing conferences are happening again! While the pandemic is not quite behind us, we have once again started to travel, regularly gather in person, and attend in-person events. The benefits of attending conferences are many. Conferences are a chance…
Science writing for positive change
WCEA partner Rowena Rae is earning praise for her book about salmon.
The best bits and bites of 2022
This year marks WCEA’s 30th anniversary. How we work as editors and the tools we use have changed substantially in those 30 years, but much has stayed the same.
Congratulations to the not-so-retired Barbara Tomlin
Barbara Tomlin, a WCEA founding partner, is one of the winners of the 2022 CANSCAIP Writing for Children Competition.
Managing decision fatigue: Some tools for editors
It’s 4:00 p.m., you’ve been working since 8:30 a.m., and you’ve got to finish editing a document that’s due at the end of the day. You’ve taken a couple of short caffeine breaks, and you did have lunch, but you…
Awarding plain language
Congratulations to BC Pension Corporation for winning a ClearMark Award.
A 12-step plan for publishing a corporate or personal history book
Producing a corporate or personal history book can be daunting to those new to the publishing process.