McMurry's Copy Editor newsletter hits pay dirt with first workshop, plans six more this year. (Workshops).The editorial sessions at the Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association's annual conference in Washington, D.C., have never proved to be the most popular ones presented (although many of them have been quite valuable), ranking somewhere just above sessions on newsletter design. Editorial Experts Inc. (EEI EEI Edison Electric Institute EEI Estación Espacial Internacional (Spanish: International Space Station) EEI Electrical and Electronics Institute (Thailand) EEI Electro Energy, Inc. ), publisher of The Editorial Eye, routinely runs an ongoing series of workshops on various types of editing, but the participants are presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. limited to those within commuting distance of EEI's Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 128,284. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) south of downtown Washington, DC. , offices. Last month, though, McMurry Newsletters, publisher of Copy Editor, staged a one-day workshop, "Grammar, Usage and Style," in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City--and it sold-out. Enthusiasm was so high that the company is beginning a national workshop tour this year, in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Washington, D.C., Chicago, Boston, and Phoenix, McMurry's hometown. Since McMurry purchased Copy Editor two or three years ago, it has aggressively sought to expand and solidify its franchise (along with other plans to acquire and launch more newsletters). Its new editor, Boston-based Barbara Wallraff, is one of the country's leading grammar experts, senior editor at Atlantic Monthly, for which she writes the popular backpage "Word Court" and "Word Fugitives" columns, and the author of the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best book Word Court. While the New York workshop was divided into two half-day sessions, the future ones will be full-day offerings. "This will, in fact," Wallraff told NL/NL, "strengthen my presentation, because I'll be able to discuss online resources along with print ones, where they logically belong rather than splitting everything technological off from resources on paper. "People also wanted more in-depth material about grammar and usage, and more time for their own language questions, which I'll be able to provide in a full-day workshop. "And a quiz that everyone took and then we discussed got an excellent response, so I'm planning to add more practical exercises like that, to make the day as varied and engaging and hands-on as possible," she said. The fee is $329 and registration is limited to 50 participants. 1010 E. Missouri Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85014, 888-626-8779, fax 602-395-5853, www.copyeditor.com |
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