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Shannon Kelly Donahue helps writers deliver their message effectively, while maintaining their authentic voice.

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Qualifications

  • 17 years writing and editing for environmental and arts nonprofits
  • Copyediting certificates from University of California, Berkeley Extension and Poynter Institute-ACES.
  • Editing, proofreading, and sensitivity language coursework from ACES and EFA.
  • MS, Environmental Studies, University of Montana
  • BA, English-Creative Writing with minor in History, University of Montana
  • Coursework in Literature and History from University of Galway (formerly National University of Ireland, Galway)
  • Certificate, Climate Change Communication, Cornell Civic Ecology Lab
  • Member, Northwest Editors Guild

Areas of Expertise

  • Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
  • AP Style
  • Creative nonfiction
  • Nature and place-based writing
  • Environmental policy, advocacy, communication
  • Climate change and science communication
  • Wildlife ecology, human-wildlife conflict
  • Ethics and accuracy in wildlife media
  • Arctic ecology
  • Sustainability
  • Clean water protection
  • Environmental and social justice
  • Justice, equity, diversity and inclusion

Areas of Interest

  • Circumpolar North 
  • Decolonization
  • Foraging and wild foods
  • Endangered languages (B1 level Irish/Gaeilge)
  • Folklore
  • Oral history and tradition
  • Traditional Irish music
  • The arts and humanities
  • Labor history and unions

Pricing

Pricing is project-based, and customized depending on your needs. Use the contact form below to tell Shannon about your project, and she will work with you to develop a personalized package to meet your project's unique editing needs. 

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Out of consideration for our climate, artistic integrity, and the wellbeing of humans and our planet, the content of this website will never be created, edited, or shaped by AI. My editing work does not make use of generative AI, and I do not accept editing work that has been produced by or with the assistance of generative AI.

All content is the result of Authentic Intelligence.