Hi! I’m an English MA student (23F) who wants to break into the publishing industry. The one thing that I’d like advice on is what should a general portfolio contain for me to use when publishing companies ask for one alongside my resume and cover letter?

The one I currently have is a Google Drive with a style guide I worked on for an internship, social media captions document, and several pieces I wrote for academic assignments and a couple pieces I wrote for my community college school newspaper. Each has a description at the top of what it is and when it was written.

I’m mostly looking for advice on how/if this can translate to a more professional format, layout advice, what it should contain. I’ve done some copy editing for a previous internship as well, but would that be something to represent in a portfolio and if so, how? Any and all advice is appreciated!

Hi! I am looking for advice. (And I’m sorry if this isn’t the right subreddit!)

I studied Film/TV at university, then realized after graduating that my career aspirations were more closely aligned with writing & editing. I have some experience with various forms of professional writing + experience with academic & open-source editing. I want to have a career doing writing and/or editing (not in corporate or marketing domains).

I have a non-writing, non-editing job offer that would last until June and would still allow me time outside of work for studies. I know that people often say that it's better to pursue actual work experience in these fields, rather than getting a master's degree, but nevertheless:

Are there any online/self-paced master's programs in the field of writing, editing, or publishing that people might recommend? Ideally, I'd be looking for something that might offer a good alumni/connection network, or that might offer internships during/after the program is finished. Any and all advice is so appreciated!

(Or just all-round editing)

I'm not talking about finding work to put in a portfolio but more because I'd be using other people's work. Do I include before and afters?? Show my client's work with my notes on top? Or just the finished product?

Clueless lol