#EditorGratitude

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Thank you for supporting editors today. This challenge goes on through 12/31. Help us reach $10,000. Donate: bit.ly/49bghdG #GivingTuesday #EditorGratitude Big love to ACES Education Fund Board President Lisa McLendon @madamgrammar.bsky.social and Board member Merrill Perlman @meperl.bsky.social.

Image background is red, with gray and white circles and the ACES Education Fund logo. There's a photo of a smiling woman with short dark brown hair and a blue top. One text bubble reads “Support editors and editing with a donation to the ACES Education Fund!” One text bubble reads “I am now teaching copyediting to the next generation of editors. The scholarship helped me see my potential, which inspired me to later help other students find their potential.” Underneath the text reads 2019 ACES Scholarship winner Lee Davidson

Lee Davidson won an ACES Scholarship in 2019 as a student at University of Central Florida and now she teaches editing at UC San Diego Extension. ACES Education Fund awards give winners significant opportunities to expand, reach, and dream.
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In addition to ACES Scholarships, ACES also awards the annual Bill Walsh Scholarship. In 2024 Northwestern’s Russell Leung @rjleung7.bsky.social was chosen out of nearly 50 applicants, the largest ever. Learn more: tinyurl.com/mzu583rh
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Image background is gray, with red and white circles and the ACES Education Fund logo. There's a photo of a woman with short black curly hair wearing a pink top. One text bubble reads “Support editors and editing with a donation to the ACES Education Fund!” The other text bubble reads “I’m grateful for ACES because it’s connected me with an inspiring community of editors. Joining ACES and becoming a Holden Fellow has given me invaluable career connections and opened up new opportunities.” Underneath the text reads 2023 Holden Diversity Fellow Shavonne Mott

Shavonne Mott’s Holden Diversity Fellowship was affirming and life-changing. See why: aceseditors.org/news/2024/sh... #GivingTuesday #EditorGratitude Donate: bit.ly/49bghdG

Image contains a photo of smiling woman in glasses and red top with a speech bubble coming out of her picture that says Help support the future of editing! There’s also the ACES Education Fund wordmark, and the text: For #GivingTuesday, ACES Education Fund President Lisa McLendon will match donations up to $1,000 total!

ACES Education Fund Board President Lisa McLendon, @madamgrammar.bsky.social herself, is matching today’s donations up to $1,000. With her help your dollars go twice as far — imagine how a scholarship recipient feels. #GivingTuesday #EditorGratitude
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Image background is red, with gray and white circles and the ACES Education Fund logo. There's a photo of a woman with long blond curly hair. One text bubble reads “Support editors and editing with a donation to the ACES Education Fund!” One text bubble reads “A scholarship allowed me to continue my journalism education with less financial stress and later a copy-editing internship at the Washington Post.” Underneath the text reads 2018 ACES scholarship winner Kaitlin Coward

McClatchy editor Kaitlin Coward won an ACES Scholarship in 2018 when she was at Ohio University. ACES awards combined more than $10,000 in scholarships annually. Meet the 2023-24 winners: tinyurl.com/ysa4j5df. #GivingTuesday #EditorGratitude Donate: bit.ly/49bghdG

Image background is gray, with red and white circles and the ACES Education Fund logo. There's a photo of a woman with long brown curly hair. One text bubble reads “Support editors and editing with a donation to the ACES Education Fund!” The other text bubble reads “I’m grateful to ACES for directly supporting diverse editors as myself, particularly via the Hilden Fellowship, in the direction of our editorial dreams.” Underneath the text reads 2023 Holden Fellow Adebe DeRango-Adem.

ACES, along with the Dow Jones News Fund @djnf.bsky.social, has awarded Holden Diversity Fellowships since 2020. Adebe DeRango-Adem was one of four winners in 2023. Meet her and the cohorts from every year: tinyurl.com/4hz6mmpe
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Shoutout to Jamaal Pittman, author of "The Copy Editor's (Life) Style Guide" for today's donation. Be like Jamaal. Give what you can — and all donations are doubled today by @madamgrammar.bsky.social and @meperl.bsky.social, up to $1,000. #GivingTuesday #EditorGratitude Donate: bit.ly/49bghdG

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ACES Education Fund Board Member Merrill Perlman @meperl.bsky.social joins Madam Grammar (and Board president) Lisa McLendon @madamgrammar.bsky.social in matching today’s donations up to $1,000. Double your gift just by giving today. #GivingTuesday #EditorGratitude Donate: bit.ly/49bghdG

Image background is red, with gray and white circles and the ACES Education Fund logo. There's a photo of a woman with long brown hair. One text bubble says says “Support editors and editing with a donation to the ACES Education Fund!” The other text bubble says “I’m grateful for editors because they make me do all the things I know I need to do to my own writing but don’t have the mental fortitude to do – or recognize — on my own.” Underneath the text reads 2020 ACES scholarship winner Sarah Bahr.

Sarah Bahr, 2020 ACES Scholarship winner while at Purdue, now works for the NY Times. The ACES Education Fund has given over $100,000 since 1999, raised entirely through individual donations, to nearly 150 recipients like Sarah. #EditorGratitude #GivingTuesday Donate: bit.ly/49bghdG

We have two matching-gift opportunities this #GivingTuesday. ACES Education Fund President Lisa McLendon @madamgrammar.bsky.social and Board member Merrill Perlman @meperl.bsky.social will each match up to $1,000 in contributions. #EditorGratitude Donate to bit.ly/49bghdG and watch your gift double.

Image is designed in gray, with white circles and red circles, and the ACES Education Fund logo. The text says Support editors and editing with a donation to the ACES Education Fund! There's a photo of a Black woman in red leaning against a stone wall. Her quote reads, "I'm grategul to ACES because it is wonderful to have editor friends whoa re there to commiserate, talk shop and be a sounding board for thorny issues!" Underneath it reads, 2023 Holden Fellow Rosalind Early

It’s #GivingTuesday! Help editors like 2023 Holden Diversity Fellow Rosalind Early to advance their editing careers. Watch our feed for matching opportunities and more inspiring stories about award recipients. What makes you grateful for editors? #EditorGratitude Donate: bit.ly/49bghdG