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Editor: Eris Jane Harrison AE

Effective Editing

Email: erisjane@bigpond.net.au
Accredited Editor 2008; reaccredited 2013, 2018, 2023

Services

Writing and rewriting, including transposing into Plain English. Structural editing, copyediting, proofreading.
Research, analysis, committee secretariat support and writing. Produced playwright. Academic articles and thesis editing and proofreading.

Subject matter experience

Public administration: family & children’s policy, child protection, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs, survivors of childhood abuse. HR policies & manuals. Criminology. Social sciences. Theatre. Ancient History. Fiction (any genre).Academic theses and articles. Newsletters, catalogues and pamphlets.

Genre and platform

Media releases; handbooks and user manuals; reports and submissions; theses, articles and research papers.

Specific projects

Extensive experience in writing and editing in the APS, including briefs, minutes, submissions, policy papers, Government responses, handbooks, newsletters, media releases, information/fact sheets, input for Annual Reports, letters and flyers. Writing and editing plays. Editing research reports. Writing and editing material for a Community Organisation for five years, including reports, submissions, monthly newsletter, annual magazine, conference reports, website material. Author and project manager of information booklet, Forgotten Australians: Supporting survivors of childhood institutional care in Australia, 2008

Qualifications

Advanced Editing, CCE, University of Sydney