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OverviewSubediting 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 cliches 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 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wynford Hicks , Tim Holmes (Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780415240857ISBN 10: 0415240859 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 20 June 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9780415492010 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews... the Routledge Media Skills series.... offering solid how-to-do-it advice for those embarking on a career in journalism or television...and together they are beginning to form a comprehensive textbook published in installments. -Bruce Hamlin, City University, London, in Journalism ... the growing and important Media Skills stable from Routledge. -John Herbert, Staffordshire University, in Journalism Studies ... the Routledge Media Skills series.... offering solid how-to-do-it advice for those embarking on a career in journalism or television...and together they are beginning to form a comprehensive textbook published in installments. <br>-Bruce Hamlin, City University, London, in Journalism <br>... the growing and important Media Skills stable from Routledge. <br>-John Herbert, Staffordshire University, in Journalism Studies <br> Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |