Journalism Skills: Learning to sub-edit

Course Overview

This course will teach you basic skills needed for sub-editing; a guide to understanding the approaches for differing types of text.!

Audience

Beginners to editing the writing of others, as well as writers keen to tighten and improve their copy.

Not for

Experienced sub-editors.

Course Outline

• When to correct and when to rewrite
• Working to a consistent style
• Editing your own copy
• Cutting copy and making lines
• The problems of editing on screen
• Keeping control of copy
• Proof-reading and handling first-page proofs
• How to write accurate, punchy headlines

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