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Editing
Many scientists find it difficult to write about their research for a general audience. More used to writing for their peers, scientists' writing can be passive, jargon-heavy and more-or-less impenetrable. This means that it often needs to be fairly extensively edited before it can be published.
I regularly conduct this kind of editing work for organisations like the UK Environment Agency and the SPIE, which are keen to highlight and explain their research activities to as wide an audience as possible. I am well used to transforming dry and staid prose into accessible and readable copy, including correcting grammar, explaining jargon and ensuring that the whole article flows together. The real trick, however, is to try to do all this while still retaining something of the original author in the article.
This kind of editing is much more involved than standard copy-editing and demands a real understanding of both the subject matter and how best to relate it to a general audience. I have done this kind of editing work for short news articles, longer feature articles and 100-page research papers.
I am also experienced at conventional magazine and web editing, including uploading articles to websites using a content management system.