Joan Oakland has been working in the field of Communications for thirty years, including journalism, publishing and teaching (English, ESL, Adult Literacy and Media Studies).
She is the founding Editor (1993-98) of Nova magazine, an independent national newspaper focusing on health and lifestyles, contemporary social issues and environmental awareness, now in its 28th year of publication. She has designed, edited and written for numerous other publications and was Director of Wordsprint, an online writing, editing and desktop publishing service in Australia from 2001-2010. She currently works from offices in Port Townsend, Washington and Myalup, Western Australia.
Joan is a member of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild. For a complete list of her qualifications and experience, visit her Linked-In webpage.
She is the founding Editor (1993-98) of Nova magazine, an independent national newspaper focusing on health and lifestyles, contemporary social issues and environmental awareness, now in its 28th year of publication. She has designed, edited and written for numerous other publications and was Director of Wordsprint, an online writing, editing and desktop publishing service in Australia from 2001-2010. She currently works from offices in Port Townsend, Washington and Myalup, Western Australia.
Joan is a member of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild. For a complete list of her qualifications and experience, visit her Linked-In webpage.
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From Previous Clients...
"Joan has a rare gift for excelling at any task; she handled our proofreading and writing jobs in an extremely organized, quick and professional way. Her calm manner, sense of humor and honesty made her very easy to work with.” ~ P Bayley, Director, Workspace Design “In my capacity as a writer, I find Joan’s editing and teaching skills second to none. Her love of the English language and her natural feel for quality output is a wonderful gift to a budding writer.” ~ P Arbour, Director, Quaesitor "That is so wonderful – you have expressed so clearly what was in my heart but not able to be in words on a page! Thank you a million times." ~ K B Lennard, Anglican priest "Thanks Joan, you're taking me exactly where I want to go and I knew you would. Your eye is terrific; when you say something needs attention I know straight away that's where I was trying to avoid something, and of course in the world of story-telling those are the places which probably need to be examined most minutely if one has the courage to do it. You've taught me heaps and I'm hugely grateful for that. You're like a demanding ballet-mistress. You make me get up on point even when it hurts like hell." ~ B Flowers, novelist "I think you have done a fantastic job – much better than I could ever imagine." ~ M Barclay, Manager, Read Write Now "Thank you for sharing your talents and skills with us. I've appreciated your tact and patience as we worked through the bugs in our new editing process. I look forward to working with you in the new year!" ~ T Harris, Washington State University 
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