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Capitalize journal position in cover letter?

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:22 pm

Subject says it all. I'm a managing editor on my journal. It looks equally weird to me to write "As a Managing Editor of Student Work on ..." as it does "As a managing editor of student work on..." I'm not the only one with the position, either.

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Re: Capitalize journal position in cover letter?

Post by bk1 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:29 pm

I would treat it similarly to a job title and not capitalize it unless you (for some odd reason) were using it directly in conjunction with your name.

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Re: Capitalize journal position in cover letter?

Post by ggocat » Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:39 pm

When in doubt, follow a style manual (and don't capitalize).

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