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Showing posts with label copy editors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label copy editors. Show all posts
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Every writer needs an editor. Or, why subs are worth their weight in gold

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I am a huge, huge fan of Poynter. In my opinion, it is the No. 1 journalism site. Which is why there are numerous pieces on The Reading Room...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

We can't ignore typos in a blog post by a sub-editor, can we?

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A few days ago I came across a terrific blog post titled "A day in the life of a sub-editor". Everything written in the piece spok...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

10 interesting — and relevant — articles to inspire media professionals, especially young journalists and journalism aspirants

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1. "The best farewell address by a journalist": ‘At The [NY] Times, you can imagine yourself making journalism that changes the...
Friday, April 10, 2015

All hail the Comma Queen!

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When a copy editor of the Salon e-zine chats up the copy editor of New Yorker magazine who also happens to have published a book about her ...
Friday, July 25, 2014

And this is what happens when subs fall asleep on the job

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This news report — see below — was printed in the now-defunct Vijay Times , a Bangalore newspaper, on December 26, 2003. I use it every ye...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

"A good copy editor is a reporter’s best friend"

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The role of the copy editor in the newsroom remains an adversarial one. There’s no getting round that; copy editing requires critical analy...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Top 10 reasons why EDITING is cool

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(10) It's like solving a puzzle. (9)  You find a whole world of other people who go crazy over the "10 items or less" sign i...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

Why subs, or copy editors, are the lifeblood of a news organisation

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Few readers, perhaps, know of the existence of subs, who play a crucial role in newspaper production. It is the sub-editor, now also known a...
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