Subediting for journalists

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Title:

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:

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Summary

Subediting for Journalists 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, and explains clearly what the sub now has to do.
Using practical examples from newspapers and magazines, Subediting for Journalists introduces the various techniques involved in subediting from cutting copy to writing cover lines. It includes:
*house style explained with model stylebook provided
*examples of bad journalistic English such as misused clichés and pronoun confusion
*subbing news and features for sense and style
*editing quotes and readers' letters
*projecting copy by writing headlines and standfirsts
*checking pictures and writing captions
*principles and methods of proofreading
*making copy legally safe
*understanding production and using software packages
*website subbing
*a glossary of journalistic terms and suggestions for further reading