Say hello to PRM’s 2013 editorial staff! These individuals are some of the hardest-working, coffee-guzzling, substant–i-copy-editing, fact-checking, proof-reading women and men in the business. They will dot your i’s, cross your t’s AND fix those dangling modifiers before you have time to even grab a red pen. The 2013 Pacific Rim Magazine stories are in good hands with this team!
Name: Courtney Christensen
PRM Job Title: Associate Editor/ Food Editor
Best thing about working on PRM? Getting to know people better by working more directly with them has proven to be pretty great. We’ve had a few hilarious brain storming sessions, as a group, we are pretty punny.
If you were a punctuation mark, what would you be and why? An exclamation mark since it is often used to indicate strong feelings or high volume! I have strong feelings about things (ie snacks) and like to express these feelings at a high volume (ie SNACKS). Often it is said “Cut out all those exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes.” Since I always laugh at my own jokes, I feel it’s appropriate!
Explain your job on PRM to a six-year-old in one sentence: I am like your teacher’s red pen that tells you if you made a mistake because I make sure that everything is right before we print it.
Name: Mandy Cruse
PRM Job Title: Staff Writer
Best thing about working on PRM? It has given me the chance to get to know some of my peers better. I have always been a fan of collaborative projects—where everyone utilizes their unique skills for one ultimate goal—and by getting to work this closely with the others, I am able to see what a talented bunch of individuals they really are.
If you were a punctuation mark, what would you be and why? If I were a punctuation mark, I would be an ellipsis, because…
Explain your job on PRM to a six-year-old in one sentence: “I write stuff.”
Name: Rea Gosine
PRM Job Title: Associate Editor
Best thing about working on PRM? Learning how the different departments work with each other. And the cookies.
If you were a punctuation mark, what would you be and why? Parenthesis. Because I often have additional (useless) information to add (that I think is clever. But is really not).
Explain your job on PRM to a six-year-old in one sentence: I help the speech bubbles make sense.
Name: Tim Focht
PRM Job Title: Associate Editor, Travel Editor
Best thing about working on PRM? Most post-secondary institutions have a student publication in some capacity, but none with the scope of PRM. The way the Publishing program attempts to emulate a real-world working environment and final product offers invaluable experience to students hoping to break into this industry.
If you were a punctuation mark, what would you be and why? I would be a diaeresis (commonly known as an umlaut) since I am a stickler when it comes to phonetics.
Explain your job on PRM to a six-year-old in one sentence: I take what you’ve said and make it say the same thing, only its shorter and, as I like to think, funnier.
Name: Janis Letchumanan
PRM Job Title: Features Editor
Best thing about working on PRM? I really enjoy the camaraderie of working together toward a common goal. Interacting with the ideas and skills of so many talented people makes this a great environment to work in.
If you were a punctuation mark, what would you be and why? I would be the beloved em dash because I love to be in the middle of everything.
Explain your job on PRM to a six-year-old in one sentence: Like the way your mom helps you get ready for school in the morning, I help other people’s stories get ready to go out into the world.
Name: Anthony Nerada
PRM Job Title: Features Editor
Best thing about working on PRM? Working with the editorial team to make a collection of copy we’re happy to showcase to the Globe & Mail audience.
If you were a punctuation mark, what would you be and why? An exclamation mark because what’s better than shouting every answer with glee? 🙂
Explain your job on PRM to a six-year-old in one sentence: I rearrange a big puzzle of words and make it better than it was before!
Name: Lynda Tierney
PRM Job Title: Associate Editor
Best thing about working on PRM? Collaborating with a whole bunch of creative people to create pretty nifty stories. Also, there are often timbits at the meetings.
If you were a punctuation mark, what would you be and why? The octothorpe—mostly because it’s fun to say. Octothorpe.
Explain your job on PRM to a six-year-old in one sentence: I just do whatever the tall, blonde man tells me to do.
