Subediting and production for journalists: print, digital & social

Holmes, Timothy Alexander Duguid and Hicks, Wynford 2002. Subediting and production for journalists: print, digital & social. Media Skills, London: Routledge.

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Abstract

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

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9780415240857
Related URLs:	Publisher
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2017 01:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3992

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