Blogger and Editor
Quebec, Canada
- Current
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- Senior Editor at Health Canada
- Past
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- Reporter at Pontiac Printshop Ltd.
- Legislative Revisor at Justice Canada
- Planning and Analysis Officer at Human Resources Development Canada
- Education
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- University of Waterloo
- The University of Winnipeg
- Connections
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connections
- Industry
- Writing and Editing
- Websites
Jonathan Crowe’s Summary
I’m a blogger, editor and writer. I’m best known as the author of The Map Room, a blog about maps, and DFL, a blog about last-place finishes at the Olympics. The former gets more than a million page views a year; the latter generated significant media attention during the 2004 and 2006 Games.
Alongside the blogging, I presently work part-time as Senior Editor, Quality Assurance, in Health Canada’s Executive Correspondence Division, checking my co-workers’ output for grammatical and stylistic exactitude. My goals call for a mix of contracts, freelance work and my own writing and blogging projects.
I’m good at concise writing, especially writing that calls for explaining difficult or complex subjects in simple and easy-to-understand terms. I’m also a copyeditor and proofreader of fearsome meticulousness—but is there any other kind?
Jonathan Crowe’s Specialties:
blogging, content management, editing, copyediting, journalism, proofreading, web design
Jonathan Crowe’s Experience
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Senior Editor
Health Canada
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
July 2007 — Present (11 months)
Editing and reviewing writers' work in the Executive Correspondence Division.
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Reporter
Pontiac Printshop Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2003 — January 2004 (6 months)
Journalism, photography and page layout for The Equity, a weekly community newspaper based in Shawville, Quebec.
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Legislative Revisor
Justice Canada
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)
May 2000 — February 2003 (2 years 10 months)
Editing and proofreading drafts of laws and regulations, mostly for Transport Canada.
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Planning and Analysis Officer
Human Resources Development Canada
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
September 1999 — April 2000 (8 months)
Wrote briefing notes and other documents for senior managers in the Income Security Programs branch.
Jonathan Crowe’s Education
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University of Waterloo
M.A., History, 1994 — 1996
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The University of Winnipeg
B.A. (Hons.), History, 1990 — 1994
Additional Information
Jonathan Crowe’s Websites:
Jonathan Crowe’s Interests:
archives, astronomy, blogging, camping, cartography, cooking, cycling, film, grammar, herpetoculture, herpetology, hiking, history, maps, movies, photography, piano, railroads, reptiles, science fiction, web design, wildlife conservation, writing
Jonathan Crowe’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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