Editorial Portfolio
Magazines and newsletters
From 2016 to 2018, Amanda was commissioned by Swanton Care and Community Ltd to edit and coordinate the company's in-house bi-monthly newsletter, Swanton News. The work involved organising forward features and schedules; liaising with executive staff, service managers, PR and graphics agencies; rewriting, copy-editing and proofreading text; and sourcing images.
As publications officer for the Community Education Development Centre (CEDC), Amanda was the editor for a number of magazines and newsletters:
- Network: the magazine for learning communities (bi-monthly)
- CEDC in Action (quarterly)
- CEN Times (bi-monthly)
- The Shared Learning Newsletter (quarterly)
- Schools & Regeneration (quarterly)
- In Partnership (termly)
The work involved managing production schedules, commissioning articles, copy-editing, copywriting, proofreading, planning forward features, and coordinating with heads of departments, graphic designers and support staff.
Amanda used her professional experience in a voluntary capacity, editing Mosaic News, a 12-page mini-magazine produced on a quarterly basis for Mosaic Church, Coventry. Amanda previously produced Hope Times, a monthly newsletter for Hope Church, Coventry.