I specialize in editing and writing for nonprofit, academic, and technology clients. My services range from simple copyediting or proofreading to substantive editing and writing to full-fledged project management, and I can customize my services to meet the needs of your project.

I have more than twenty years of experience editing: toolkits; software documentation; technical manuals; website and blog content; briefs; white papers; journal articles; textbooks; and commercially published books. See my CV (PDF) for more details.

Recent and current clients include:

• PATH (Seattle, WA)
• Carolina Population Center (UNC-Chapel Hill, NC)
• Design Corps (Raleigh, NC)
• IntraHealth International (Chapel Hill, NC)
• O’Reilly Media
• World Health Organization

Recent long-term projects include:

• substantive editing of Digital Health Solutions Toolkit
• substantive editing of Public Interest Design Guidebook
• crafting communications materials for Digital Square
• developing the website, web-based documentation, and social network participation of the nonprofit Open Source project iHRIS health worker information software
• editing and compiling the iHRIS project’s Implementation Toolkit.

I have completed certification in Professional Editing with the University of California, Berkeley, and I am a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association.

– Shannon Turlington
shannon.turlington@gmail.com