by jessica | Jan 24, 2024 | editors blog
This post was originally published on Black Womens Voices May 9, 2023 In a time when literacy rates point to a complex picture for educational disparities in the United States. From elementary, high school for students of color are often at a disadvantage....
by jessica | Jan 24, 2024 | editors blog
Special thanks to the Rochester Association of Black Journalists for inviting me to be a panelist to discuss the critically-acclaimed movie, American Fiction. Also, thanks to Ebony Nicole Smith for being the moderator. Side note: I’m the one in the red...
by jessica | Jan 24, 2024 | editors blog
This post was originally published on Rochester Beacon By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | December 9, 2022 When Rochester editor and author CaTyra Polland started the process of creating National Black Authors Day earlier this year, she viewed it as filling a gap. “This is a way...
by jessica | Jan 24, 2024 | editors blog
BY ADRIANA LOH ROCHESTER PUBLISHED 6:30 AM ET NOV. 28, 2022 This post was originally published on spectrumlocalnews.com. ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The business Love for Words is bringing Black literature and authors to the forefront. One author is giving light to not only...
by jessica | Jan 24, 2024 | editors blog
This post was originally published on democratandchronicle.com. Adria R. Walker, New York State Team Published 2:55 a.m ET Feb. 8, 2023 Rochester native CaTyra Polland has always had a love for words. In elementary school, she read to her peers and younger students,...
by jessica | Jan 24, 2024 | editors blog
1. Perfection Editors are humans. Humans make mistakes. You editor will make mistakes. If an editor guarantees an error free manuscript or document, run for the hills! Don’t expect an error free document. Mistakes happen, sometimes mistakes go under the radar....
