Journalism Skills: Sub-editing: Better sub-editing

Audience

Those who have been editing text regularly for at least six months.

Not for:

Beginners to subbing.

Course Outline

Practical help with correcting and rewriting news and features copy.

Includes:

• Working on intros.
• Cutting copy yet keeping the key points.
• How to handle technical features and news.
• Making copy more readable.
• Writing sharper headlines, captions and standfirsts.
• Producing better pages within a tight design format.
• Knowing when to cut copy.
• Quick and accurate proof-reading.
• The problems of on-screen subbing and amending embedded design.

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