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​Lourdes Venard

Editor, instructor


“Her guidance was invaluable.”
- Client Al Pessin in Writer's Digest




Unsolicited testimonial from one client, filmed by the Editorial Freelancers Association, of which I am a member and teaching instructor.

About me

  • I have a journalism background, but have edited a wide variety of material, from fiction to nonfiction.​
  • I am a co-lead instructor for the University of California, San Diego Extended Studies Copyediting Certificate program.
  • I also teach copyediting through the Editorial Freelancers Association, the largest group in the United States for freelance editors.
  • As a journalist, I was a copyeditor at Newsday, The Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Florida Today. I was part of copyediting teams for coverage that won two staff Pulitzer Prize awards.
  • I was on the advisory board for The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition.
  • I truly have no preference for Oxford comma or not. I've used both in my working life. My preference is for clarity.
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