Editorial Freelancers Association
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Jennifer Borgioli Binis
Schoolmarm Advisors
Authors who write about education – teachers, academics, administrators, professors, et al. – have the same needs as other authors. They need high-quality feedback, support with research and fact-checking, and a critical eye that can attend to manuscript-wide strengths and challenges as well as specific line edits.
In addition, they need an editor who understands the larger educational landscape around their manuscript, the semantics and jargon unique to their discipline, topic, or content area, and the different needs of specific audiences and outlets.
After 20 years as a professional development (standards, curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy) provider with K-12 teachers and administrators in a variety of settings and contexts, I now support education authors with feedback (including developmental editing, sensitivity reads that attend to matters of race, gender, disability status, politics, etc.), fact-checking (including sourcing quotes to their original text, confirming research citations are accurate), and research (including preparing research briefs for authors, developing annotated bibliographies, historical context summaries, et al.)
In addition to being a researcher and fact-checker, I also provide briefs for authors to help them understand their education publishing options, prepare submission packages for different publishers, and offer gently worded but strongly held opinions on cover and title options. Before starting any project, I work with clients to develop goals and timelines to ensure they get the support they need when they need it.
If you’re an educator, an academic, or an author writing about or for education-related topics, I would be delighted to help you reach your writing goals!
https://schoolmarmadvisors.com/
Years in the field: 20
Years freelancing: 5
Jennifer Borgioli Binis
Authors who write about education – teachers, academics, administrators, professors, et al. – have the same needs as other authors. They need high-quality feedback, support with research and fact-checking, and a critical eye that can attend to manuscript-wide strengths and challenges as well as specific line edits.
In addition, they need an editor who understands the larger educational landscape around their manuscript, the semantics and jargon unique to their discipline, topic, or content area, and the different needs of specific audiences and outlets.
After 20 years as a professional development (standards, curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy) provider with K-12 teachers and administrators in a variety of settings and contexts, I now support education authors with feedback (including developmental editing, sensitivity reads that attend to matters of race, gender, disability status, politics, etc.), fact-checking (including sourcing quotes to their original text, confirming research citations are accurate), and research (including preparing research briefs for authors, developing annotated bibliographies, historical context summaries, et al.)
In addition to being a researcher and fact-checker, I also provide briefs for authors to help them understand their education publishing options, prepare submission packages for different publishers, and offer gently worded but strongly held opinions on cover and title options. Before starting any project, I work with clients to develop goals and timelines to ensure they get the support they need when they need it.
If you’re an educator, an academic, or an author writing about or for education-related topics, I would be delighted to help you reach your writing goals!
