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Smith, Albert

Albert Smith

Trading as: Parpoint Media Services

Based in: Enniskerry, Co Wicklow

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Mobile: 086 875 8950
Professional memberships

Life member of the National Union of Journalists

Educational qualifications

Post-graduate studies in journalism at Louisiana State University (1979-80)
BA Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick (1979)

Training and professional development

Qualified as journalist with National Council for the Training of Journalists (UK) in 1973

Languages

Basic Spanish

Experience

Retired in late 2018 as the Plain English Editor of the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA). Worked for 35 years as a journalist and editor in the UK, the US and Ireland, including 25 years as a senior editor on the Irish Independent.

Services offered

Turning all manner of text into plain English; training groups to write in plain English; all types of copy-editing.

Media

All types of text editing. Turning text into plain English and working to tight deadlines a speciality.

Subject areas

Politics, history, the law, economics, social science and health.

Clients include

While working as the Plain English Editor at NALA, I have worked with 15 government departments, the HSE, the HSA, the gardai and a wide number of private companies. As a freelance editor, I have worked with a large number of post-grad and post-doc students preparing articles for publication.

Additional information

I offer an unusual blend of text-editing skills from journalism to plain English editing. I specialise in performing to tight deadlines and turning text into plain English.

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