Editing
Various organisations regularly commission me to edit their publications, reports, websites and publicity materials. This work frequently involves reviewing drafts, overhauling manuscript structure, rewriting content and standardising style. Here is a selection of recent examples.
Women, Land and Corruption
Co-Editor & Contributing Author
This is a landmark publication by the Land Programme at Transparency International bringing together research, practices, perspectives and experiences from individuals and organisations working to address land corruption. I was commissioned to co-edit the publication, working with staff from the secretariat, nine national chapters (located across Sub-Saharan African) and a range of contributors to compile research findings and present practical experiences in an accessible compendium for practitioners.
Website/Annual Report/Strategy/Funding Appeal
editor & writer
In 2019, I was commissioned by the Land Portal Foundation to rewrite the copy for all landing pages (primary pages and sections) throughout the website. The work required a thorough understanding of the website’s principal audience, themes, priorities and overall strategy to transform the (often highly-technocratic) language of land governance and data management into engaging and accessible copy. Other work for the Land Portal Foundation includes copy-editing the Annual Report 2019 and 5-year Strategy. These assignments also included graphic design of both publications, see designs section. In 2020, I was commissioned by the Land Portal Foundation to write a fundraising appeal targeting bilateral funding agencies.
Investigating Land and Corruption in Africa
Editor
The Transparency International Secretariat in Berlin commissioned me to edit this unique training manual for investigative journalists working across Sub-Saharan Africa. The manual provides a complete course – covering all aspects of researching, constructing, and presenting stories – which can be downloaded and used by practicing journalists and trainers/educators alike. Transforming the source material into an accessible, relevant and functional course was a highly complex and involved task. The result is a course which is being used by investigative journalists, trainers and facilitators across the continent.
Editor & Contributing Author
Combatting Land Corruption in Africa
Commissioned in 2019, this collection of practice models brings together a range of approaches to tackling corruption within the land sector from organisations and activists working across Africa. Each practice is described in detail (including the key steps for implementation and factors for achieving success) in a format intended to guide others working against corruption to use the same techniques, while encouraging adaptation and fostering future innovations. My role in preparing the publication was as editor and graphic designer, while also contributing a practice example from participatory video work with widows in Ghana.
Corruption in Urban Planning
Editor
Transparency International commissioned the creation of this guide based upon a closed/private online course published by the Land and Corruption in sub-Saharan Africa programme. The new guide (due for publication in late 2020) has been crafted to equip prospective and established urban planning professionals – from the public, private and civic sectors – with the necessary knowledge, tools and tactics to recognise and push back against corrupt practices in their day-to-day work, and within the planning and urban development sectors more generally.