Subediting and Production for Journalists: Print, Digital & Social

by Hicks; Wynford

• ISBN13: 9780415240857
• ISBN10: 0415240859
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-08-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Subediting for Journalistsis 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 Journalistsintroduces the various techniques involved in subediting from cutting copy to writing cover lines.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vi
Acknowledgements	vii
Authors' note	viii
Introduction	1	(8)
Working methods	9	(10)
House styles	19	(12)
Correcting mistakes	31	(15)
Subbing news and features	46	(14)
Editing quotes and letters	60	(10)
Writing headlines, etc	70	(13)
Checking pictures and writing captions	83	(12)
Proofreading	95	(6)
Legal and ethical problems for subeditors	101	(12)
Understanding production	113	(13)
Publishing technology	126	(7)
Website subbing	133	(8)
Glossary of terms used in journalism	141	(11)
Further reading	152	(3)
Appendix 1: Bulletin style guide	155	(14)
Appendix 2: Billy the Kid, the left-handed gunman who wasn't	169	(2)
Appendix 3: British proof correction symbols	171	(4)
Appendix 4: US proof correction symbols	175	(2)
Index	177