Subediting for journalists
by
 
Hicks, Wynford, 1942-

Title
: 
Subediting for journalists

Author
: 
Hicks, Wynford, 1942-

ISBN
: 
9780415240840
 
9780415240857
 
9781136369858

Personal Author
: 
Hicks, Wynford, 1942-

Publication Information
: 
London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Physical Description
: 
180 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm.

Series
: 
Media skills
 
Media skills.

Contents
: 
Introduction -- Working methods -- House styles -- Correcting mistakes -- Subbing news and features -- Editing quotes and letters -- Writing headlines, etc -- Checking pictures and writing captions -- Proofreading -- Legal and ethical problems for subeditors -- Understanding production -- Publishing technology -- Website subbing -- Bulletin style guide -- Billy the Kid, the left-handed gunman who wasn't -- British proof correction symbols -- US proof correction symbols.

Abstract
: 
This is a concise, up-to-date and readable introduction to the skills of subediting for newspapers and magazines. It describes how subediting has developed, from the early days of printing to the modern era of computers and the Web.

Subject Term
: 
Journalism -- Editing.

Added Author
: 
Holmes, Tim, 1953-

Electronic Access
: 
E-book - Full text from EBL
 
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy042/2002024908.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/2002024908-d.html


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