Aims

This intensive five-day course will provide you with all the skills needed for effective sub-editing, and will help to strengthen your confidence in editing. You will analyse newspapers and magazines, consider the construction of copy, ethics and new technology, as well as the publishing industry and careers. Networking plays an important part

of this course and there will be lots of opportunities for discussions with tutors and colleagues to share good practice and common pitfalls.

Suitability

If you work in an editorial role or as a freelance journalist, or if your work involves the production of printed material and you wish to add to your skills or to pursue a different career path. This course concentrates on varied and detailed practical work, including the editing and presentation of delegates own material which should be submitted. In addition, the course will work towards planning typical newspaper and magazine pages and web-site content and look at live examples of the sub-editing craft.

Content

the role of the sub-editor from newspapers to web-sites

newspaper and magazine analysis

new technology, old expectations

subs’ terminology

basic rules of subbing and text handling

proof reading marks, spelling, grammar

correcting news and features

rewriting copy, cutting, collating.

law and ethics

confirming briefs

structuring copy – the news paradigm (5Ws), the vital introduction

presentation – newspaper layout, broadcast scripts, working on the web

basic typography

heads, subheads and standfirsts, caption-writing

development of a news page and feature article

using proofreading marks

Duration: 1 week

Dates: See below

Location: Elephant & Castle