Miranda Kaplan Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Copyedit, line-edit, fact-check, provide big-picture ideas and feedback, and restructure, as indicated, to help achieve my clients' goals for their written words. • I now edit regularly for Atlanta magazine, the leading general-interest magazine in the Atlanta metro. Past clients include Serious Eats, Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit, Vanity Fair, GQ, Time Out New York, Harvard Business School, Echoing Green, PACT, and more.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Planned, researched, and wrote a monthly newsletter, funding solicitations, quarterly impact emails, responses to followers' questions, and other communications, translating complex research into approachable language. • Devised and executed new emails for GiveWell's retail donor base, growing a bare-bones email program into a more robust one with the addition of welcome emails for new donors, "tell a friend" invitations, targeted grant summaries, and solicitations for feedback and questions.• Extensively researched, wrote, and revised proposals seeking funding from high-net-worth donors for specific program opportunities. The proposals I wrote resulted in millions of dollars directed toward high-impact philanthropy.• Contributed blog posts on new research, grants, and GiveWell's giving recommendations.• Monitored social media and other online content related to the organization or effective giving more broadly, triaged and advised on responses, and helped draft and publish responses when needed.Sample work: https://blog.givewell.org/2022/11/23/giving-recommendations-2022/https://blog.givewell.org/2023/07/07/miraclefeet-clubfoot-treatment-grant/

Atlanta, Georgia

• Edited and fact-checked complex research reports, grant explanations, and spreadsheets before publication, with special attention to accuracy and documenting factual claims. This often required searching academic papers and NGO literature for relevant supporting data and quotes. • Managed research and blog post publication, including getting sign-off from multiple research managers, securing permissions for quoted material, ensuring necessary edits were completed, and publishing the finished piece to GiveWell's website or blog.• Produced detailed written summaries of complex research conversations for publication.

Atlanta, Ga

• Conceived and refined feature story ideas for a leading food website with ~7 million unique visitors monthly, including fielding pitches from freelance contributors.• Shepherded feature stories from pitch to publishing, including editing at the highest level to ensure relevance to the audience, engaging structure, readability, and flow.• Researched and wrote my own feature articles.• Copyedited and formatted cooking technique articles, recipes, feature articles, equipment reviews, and sponsored content for publication.• Managed editorial calendar and contributed regularly to editorial strategy.Sample work: https://www.seriouseats.com/medieval-times (nominated for The Best American Food Writing 2020)https://www.seriouseats.com/why-room-temperature-food-is-often-better

New York, Ny

• Copyedited and line-edited to ensure accuracy in grammar, spelling, usage, clarity, and logical flow. • Suggested additional higher-level edits to improve structure as needed.• Clients included Serious Eats, Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit, Vanity Fair, GQ, Time Out New York, Harvard Business School, Echoing Green, PACT, and more.

Accra, Ghana

• Researched, wrote, and edited pieces on tight deadlines for a subscription-based Ghanaian business news site.• Oversaw the activities of a full-time reporter and full-time researcher.• Wrote and edited supplemental site content, such as tender listings, business directory entries, and stock market data.• Conducted extensive research, using online resources, government documents, and phone and in-person interviews, on the tourism industry in Ghana for a client.