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KATHERINE LASSETTER
EDUCATION

Brigham Young University [ Fall 2008present ] English Major, Editing Minor Editing minor GPA: 4.0; awarded BYU Academic Scholarship Enrolled in BYU Honors Program Relevant Coursework Basic Editing Skills (ELang 350): Editing theory and practice; emphasis in copyediting Modern American Usage (ELang 322): Current usage debates and modern conventions Grammar of the English Language (ELang 223): Basic English grammar Genre and Substantive Editing (ELang 410): Substantive editing; emphasis in magazine publishing Print Publishing (CHum 230): InDesign and Photoshop for print media, including magazines Editing for Publication (ELang 430): Writing, designing, and editing Stowaway magazine Cambridge University Pembroke-Kings Summer Programme Cambridge UniversityGPA: 4.0
EDITING EXPERIENCE

[ Summer Term 2010 ]

BYU Broadcasting [ August 2012present ] Student Writer and Editor Copyfit, write, and edit monthly programming guide for BYUtv and Eleven; write monthly article and program highlights Write program descriptions for BYUtv and Eleven shows and import into media sharing software Write and edit blog posts for BYUtvs See the Good blog BYU Honors Department [ January 2011present ] Senior Writing Fellow Edit student papers; conference with students and suggest revision to local and global issues Organize meetings with and facilitate communication between cohort and professor Stowaway Magazine [ Winter Semester 2013 ] Assistant Managing Editor Manage editorial staff; coordinate editing assignments among copyeditors, senior editors, and associate editors Manage web team; enhance web presence and online outreach; edit exclusive web content Write articles, design spreads, source check, substantively edit, copyedit, and proofread Deseret Book Publishing Department [ April 2012August 2012 ] Editing and Publishing Intern Checked manuscripts for grammatical, mechanical, and formatting errors; reconciled proofs; source checked early drafts of documents; proofread; wrote advertising copy for upcoming books Intern selected to regularly copyedit and substantively edit blog posts for Time Out for Women

BYU English Department [ April 2012July 2012 ] Research Assistant to Kim Johnson Copyedited collection of devotional poetry to be published by Yale University Press Marked archaic words and generally unfamiliar references for glossing BYU Political Review [ August 2011April 2012 ] Copyeditor and Critics Corner (Books) Editor Substantively edited student book reviews and other columns articles; copyedited, fact checked, and proofread each issue as part of pre-press Wrote and edited book reviews for Critics Corner Updated the Political Review Style Guide, which I wrote Criterion Student Journal of Literary Criticism [ January 2012April 2012 ] Substantive Editor and Copyeditor Reviewed student submissions Edited final selections for substance and copyedit final drafts of essays before yearly issue is published Won third place for the Criterion Literary Criticism Award
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPE RIENCE

BYU Broadcasting [ September 2008August 2012 ] Senior Chyron Operator Built and edited text-heavy graphics using computer programs Lyric and Adobe Illustrator for live, high-pressure sports broadcasts, BYU devotionals and forums, and other shows
REFERENCES

sbrady@deseretbook.com Suzanne Brady Senior managing editor and intern supervisor at Deseret Book marv_gardner@byu.edu Marvin Gardner Editing professor and Editor in Chief of Stowaway magazine laura.bean@byu.edu Laura Bean Supervisor of the Print and Magazine team at BYU Broadcasting

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