Editing for today's newsroom a guide for success in a changing profession /
Through history, analyses, and anecdotes, this book offers a solid grounding to prepare potential editors for the full range of their responsibilities in today's newsrooms: developing ideas; evaluating and editing copy; working with writers; determining what is news; understanding presentation...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2008.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | LEA's communication series.
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- The dynamic world of editing
- What makes a good editor?
- The rise of the new editor
- The editor as decision maker in a multimedia age
- Making decisions about people
- Making decisions about copy: editing for content
- Making decisions about copy: editing for structure
- Coaching writers
- Making decisions about coverage
- Making decisions about presentation
- Making decisions about legal issues
- Making decisions about ethics
- Toward excellence in editing.