Editing Today

Name: Editing Today
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ISBN: 9780813813066

ISBN-10: 0813813069

ISBN-13: 9780813813066

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Ron F. Smith, Loraine M. O'Connell, Martin L. Gibson

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In this era of media convergence, the second edition of Editing Today continues the evolutionary transformation of Martin L. Gibson 's classic Editing in the Electronic Era, introducing prospective journalists to the basics of editing and design by following a true story through these processes at a major newspaper, on the newspaper 's Web desk, and on its TV outlet. Readers are guided through the fundamentals of editing both words and layout with contemporary software.Expanded and updated sections address pagination, verifying information, grammar, wordiness, editing the hard-news story, telling the news in other ways, copyright law, design, Photoshop, page layout, and Web design. Through…

Book details

List price: $93.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/20/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Size: 7.30" wide x 10.30" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Introduction



The Copy Editor's Job



The Evolution of a News Story



Life on the Copy Desk



Helping Reporters Tell Their Stories



Grammar



Punctuation



Idiom and Syntax



Editing the Hard-News Story



Other Ways to Tell the News



Editing Copy from the Wire Services



Math and the Journalist



Writing Headlines



Editors, Law and Ethics



Using Pictures, Graphics and Design



Typography



Editing Photographs and Graphics



The Basics of Page Design



Editing and Designing Web Pages


Appendixes


Index