{"id":2185,"date":"2025-03-07T16:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T16:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reidsguides.com\/rb\/?page_id=2185"},"modified":"2025-03-07T21:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T21:52:10","slug":"editorial-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reidsguides.com\/rb\/services\/editorial-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Some of the editorial work Reid has done on staff, as a consultant, and freelance<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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As a Staff Editor<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Associate Editor
<\/b>Arthur Frommer\u2019s Budget Travel<\/i> (2002\u20132004)<\/h5>\n

Editorial:<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  • Assigned, edited, researched, and wrote feature articles for the magazine<\/li>\n
  • Answered reader questions as the ombudsman of \u201cAsk BT\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Edited the section devoted to travel news, reviews, and gear.<\/li>\n
  • Wrote two daily features for MSNBC.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Managerial:<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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    • Interviewed, hired, and supervised interns.<\/li>\n
    • Managed MSNBC.com\u2019s travel section, assigning articles to staff, editing content, and maintaining message boards.<\/li>\n
    • Marketed the brand on national TV and radio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Editorial Assistant
      <\/strong>Macmillan Travel \/ Simon & Schuster (1995\u20131996)<\/h5>\n
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      • Edited the manuscripts of guidebooks to various destinations worldwide.\u00a0<\/li>\n
      • Helped develop new guidebook series, including the\u00a0Complete Idiot\u2019s Travel Guides\u00a0and\u00a0Travel + Leisure\u00a0guides.\u00a0<\/li>\n
      • Collaborated with the digital publishing department on multimedia and Internet projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Corporate Communications Consultant
        <\/strong>Insinger Machine Company (1992\u20131996)<\/h5>\n
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        • Conducted writing seminars and individual coaching for office staff to help improve their copy and avoid corporatese in everything from external communications to product user manuals.\u00a0<\/li>\n
        • Helped generate and edit quarterly and annual reports and newsletters.\u00a0<\/li>\n
        • Edited all of the company president\u2019s internal and external correspondence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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          As a Contributing Editor<\/span><\/h3>
          TravelandLeisure.com (2007\u20132008)<\/h5>
          • Created and determined the geomap for the site’s destination guides and the editorial placement of articles, past and future.<\/li><\/ul>
            Conde Nast’s Concierge.com (2005\u20132007)<\/h5>
            • Created more than 20 online guides to destinations around the world, from Bangkok to Belize, the Loire to Ljubljana, Madeira to Marrakech.<\/li><\/ul>
              Arthur Frommer\u2019s Smart Shopping<\/i> (2004\u20132006)<\/h5>
              • Helped plan the magazine\u2019s editorial calendar.<\/li>
              • Wrote two to five articles per issue.<\/li><\/ul>
                Arthur Frommer\u2019s Budget Travel<\/i> (2004\u20132006)<\/h5>
                • Wrote four to five feature and cover articles per year for the magazine.<\/li><\/ul>
                  Freelance (1995\u2013present)<\/h5>
                  • Have handled editorial projects for clients such as Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s Concierge.com,\u00a0Travel + Leisure,<\/i>\u00a0Weight Watchers, and Wiley & Sons publishers.<\/li><\/ul>

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