RESUME
Patricia E. Ford Publications Professional
EDUCATION:
1968 Diploma Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
1975 BFA Major: Applied Design
Minor: English
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
SKILLS:
-Copyediting & copywriting: developmental, line, proofreading & captioning; content research; word processing
-Areas of experience: publishing in all client sectors: books (academic & trade), news & journal articles, various
other publications & printed materials
-documents: contracts, briefs, correspondence, proposals, reports, mission-statements, announcements, brochures, pamphlets, manuals, technical text-documents, advertising & marketing copy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1988-Present: Freelance copyediting; graphic design & illustration
1983-1988: Africa News Service, Durham, NC: multimedia news service, archive & research facility
Africa News Magazine (Durham; Africa News Service)
Executive Editors: Tami Hultman, Reed Kramer; Managing Editor: Charles Ebel
Tasks: -Proofreading & copyediting news journal articles; copywriting captions
-Design, layout & production of publication
-Copyediting, design, production & illustration of marketing materials
The Africa News Cookbook, African Cooking for Western Kitchens
Tami Hultman, Author (Viking-Penguin Press;1986 ISBN 9780140467512)
Tasks: -Copyediting, design, illustration & production of publication
1985: Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC/EPA, Washington, DC
1984–1985 EPA National Water Quality Report to Congress
Tasks: -Copyediting, layout, production, project management & completion
-Final manuscript review & edit, EPA, Washington, DC
1985-1989: Hinshaw Music Publishing, Chapel Hill, NC
Tasks: -Copyediting & production of newsletter, educational materials & textbooks
-Design, illustration & production of sheet-music jacket covers
1994-Present: Workers United/SEIU, Southern Regional Joint Board, Atlanta, GA
Tasks: -Copyediting legal documents, collective bargaining agreements, position papers,
business documents & newsletters
-Design & illustration of printed materials & banners
-Editorial Assistant to Phil Cohen, Special Project Coordinator and Author:
The Jackson Project: War in the American Workplace
(University of Tennessee Press; 2016 ISBN 9781621902430)
-Fighting Union Busters in a Carolina Carpet Mill
(McFarland & Company; 2019 ISBN 9781476683041)
-Copyediting through all phases of the publishing process; content research and copyediting for magazine articles; illustration of latest book
2019-Present: Freelance copyeditor for the University of Tennessee Press
Tasks: -Editing books on a variety of subjects, including history, environment-
travelogue, and biography
-Citations: research, proofreading & formatting in-text, footnotes, & endnotes
2023-Present: Copyeditor and at times illustrator for monthly column in Work-Bites magazine
2025-Present: Copyeditor and at times illustrator for monthly column in The Jumping Off Place
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