Experienced Freelance Copy Editor and Writer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Michael A. Goodman

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Brooklyn, NY 11201-2332

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Michael Goodman & Co., New York, NY Jan. 1994–

Freelance Writer, Line Editor, Copy Editor, Proofreader and Translator Clients have included Consumer Reports, Natural Resources Defense Council, Institutional Investor, Crain’s New York Business, CBS MoneyWatch, Columbia University Press, University of California Press and Brill Academic Publishing.

WhoWhatWhy.org, New York, NY March 2025–

Remote Copy Editor

Copyedit articles for nonprofit, citizen-supported news website. Universal Yums, Roseland, NJ June 2024–

Remote Freelance Line Editor and Copy Editor

Line edit and copyedit marketing copy accompanying periodic shipments of international snacks to subscribers.

Jellyfish, London May 2022–

Remote Freelance Copy Editor (Content Quality Lead) Edit and check accuracy of translated catalog copy for British marketing company. Client is Bonpoint, a French maker of high-end children’s and women’s clothing. Scholastic, New York, NY March 2016–July 2016

Freelance Copy Editor

Copyedited and proofread annual book catalog and marketing materials for children’s book publisher. Consumer Reports, Yonkers, NY April 2014–April 2015 Freelance Copy Editor

Copyedited Consumer Reports articles and stories for sister publications ShopSmart, MoneyAdviser and onHealth.

Benchmark Education Co., New Rochelle, NY March 2018–April 2023 Full-Time Copy Editor

Copyedited fiction and nonfiction trade books, teacher’s guides, literacy assessments, video texts and marketing materials.

TheDeal.com, New York, NY Sept. 2002–Sept. 2012

Full-Time Copy Editor

Copyedited articles for website and print magazine focused on the “deal economy”: mergers and acquisitions, private equity, insurance, restructuring, shareholder activism and Silicon Valley. EDUCATION

Williams College, Williamstown, MA BA

cum laude in French

SKILLS

AP style; Chicago style; InCopy (WoodWing Studio); InDesign; Microsoft 365; Google Docs; Microsoft Teams; Slack; CMS

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