EDITING • WRITING • LEXICOGRAPHY •
WRITING TEACHING & SEMINARS
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"Mr. Cohen’s work reflected not only a mastery of grammar and diction but a
judicious sense of style and appropriateness. . . . He knew when to be tough on my manuscript and when to
tactfully and intelligently query — in my experience, an uncommon editorial gift."
— Dr. William Epstein, UNITAR;
author, The Last Chance: Nuclear Proliferation and Arms Control |
OVER 30 YEARS' EDITING — from polishing to rewriting:
- scholarly, general-interest (trade), & reference BOOKS
- public policy, think tank, & non-profit organization POLICY BRIEFS /
WORKING PAPERS / REPORTS / NEWSLETTERS
- general- & special-interest MAGAZINE ARTICLES
- for individual authors: MEMOIRS / THESES & DISSERTATIONS /
ARTICLES / OP-ED’S / BOOKS
Services offered: COPY, SUBSTANTIVE (line), & DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING • REWRITING • REORGANIZATION
For Services Offered, click here.
Subject Specialties:
Urban Affairs & Public Policy • Politics & Government • Social Sciences • History & International Relations • Military History • Psychology & Education • Public Health & the Environment • Media & Communications • Music • Judaica & Religion • Baseball
+ Dictionaries &
Encyclopedias • Biographies & Memoirs
for: Crown Center for Middle East Studies (Brandeis University) • The Washington Institute • Council on Foreign Relations • Rockefeller Institute of Government (State University of NY) • The Urban Institute • The Century Foundation (orig. Twentieth Century Fund) • Boston Research Center for the 21st Century (now Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, & Dialogue) • Community Development Research Center (New School University) • International Center for Ethics, Justice & Public Life (Brandeis University)
For works edited by Robert Cohen, click here.
and for: MDRC (orig. Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, NYC) • International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War • NYSEPH (New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychotherapy & Hypnosis) • The Free Press • Fordham University Press • Oxford University Press • Schirmer Books • Facts on File • Random House • Foreign Affairs • Studies in Conflict & Terrorism • The Washington Post "Monkey Cage" |
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DEPTH EDITOR: Skilled at querying & revising problem manuscripts • Expert at making the writing of ACADEMICS & SCHOLARS accessible & appealing to a general audience • Experienced with FIRST-TIME AUTHORS • Ruthless in probing for clarity & logic • Finely tuned ear for the sound of good, clear, persuasive prose. For “How I Edit”, click here.
For Services Offered, click here.
WRITER:
- for NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: speeches • statements of purpose
- for NATIONAL MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS: essays, feature stories, profiles, reviews (Columbia / Moment / Hadassah / New Age Journal / New York Newsday / Jerusalem Post). American Jewish Press Association, Simon Rockower Award, Excellence in Arts & Criticism, 1994
- of CD LINER NOTES (Open the Gates! New American-Jewish Music for Prayer) / for RADIO (“One People, Many Voices: American-Jewish Music Comes of Age”, National Public Radio)
- of A-V & educational scripts (Boston Medical Center / Pearson Instructional Technology) / of social studies curriculum materials (NYC Board of Education)
- of “Gray Areas and the Independent Local Agency” (on urban public policy history), in Inventing Community Renewal: The Trials and Errors That Shaped the Modern Community Development Corporation (New School University)
For work written by Robert Cohen, click here.
WORDSMITH:
- LEXICOGRAPHER: wrote and edited definitions for Random House Unabridged Dictionary and Random House Legal Dictionary
- COPYWRITER: sales, promotional, & catalog copy (Pfizer Laboratories, Behrman House publishers) / radio continuity & commercials
- Novelty writer: trivia questions for Milton Bradley’s Stage II game
MAGAZINE EDITOR:
- At Hadassah, Family Practice Recertification (family medicine medical magazine), and Boston College Magazine, conceived, assigned, developed, & edited articles & interviews on popular culture & the arts / politics & society / health & medicine / medical education
TEACHER:
- TAUGHT ENGLISH & WRITING TO ADULTS (Local 237, Teamsters Union, NYC)
- Created & edited LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULA & WORKBOOKS
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“The Crown Center's international reputation has benefited greatly from its association with you. Our authors always agree that your editing skills are superb! Many thanks for all that you do.”
— Kristina Cherniahivsky, Associate Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies
“Mr. Cohen brings a real sense of shape, style and flow to his work on a manuscript, invariably improving both a text’s grace and its capacity to tell a story. He is respectful of an author’s prerogatives, while at the same time being firm in his views and advice.”
— Dr. Gerald Benjamin, Director, Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach, SUNY New Paltz;
coauthor, Regionalism and Realism
“You have a special gift for transforming private thoughts and experiences into an article that will communicate to large audiences."
— Dr. Robert C. Cassidy, Director of Bioethics and Social
Policy, LIJMC
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“The masterful work you did on [Prince Zeid’s] text is fantastic. You’ve made his talk elegant and readable, while preserving the tone and voice of the speaker. A thorough and expert piece of editing.”
— Daniel Terris, Director Emeritus, International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life
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OTHER MEDIA: COLLABORATOR / PROBLEM-SOLVER:
- accomplished INTERVIEWER: of artists & scholars for Boston College Magazine; of medical specialists for family medicine medical magazine
- interviewed writers / artists / musicians / broadcasters / scholars for classes at New School University (NYC) / on The Eternal Light (NBC Radio) & over 100 other radio programs / guest on the Leonard Lopate Show (NYC public radio) & other radio programs
- experienced PRODUCTION MANAGER (scheduling / trafficking / trouble-shooting / liaison): managed 60-journal science publishing program for Plenum Publishing
- well-organized • detail-conscious • analytical intelligence (mathematics & philosophy training at Cornell) • eclectic curiosity & interests
For my MUSIC site, with information on my American & Jewish music lectures; my CD, Open the Gates! & "Notes from a Musical Autobiography", click here. |
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