2nd Edition

Subediting and Production for Journalists Print, Digital & Social

By Tim Holmes Copyright 2016
278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

The new edition of Subediting and Production for Journalists is a concise, clear and contemporary introduction to the skills required for subediting newspapers, magazines and websites. Tim Holmes describes how subediting has developed, from the early days of print to the modern era of the internet browser and social media, and explores the many challenges for the sub working today. Using... Read more

Preface 1. Introduction 2. What makes a subeditor? 3. Professional subediting practice Tim Holmes with Glyn Mottershead 4. How to create great news headlines 5. Headline systems for news 6. How to create great feature headlines 7. Page furniture for features 1 8. Page furniture for features 2 9. Law for subeditors 10. Covers and splash pages Glossary of terms used in journalism  Appendix 1: Hard copy proof correction symbols  Appendix 2: Sample marked up hard copy proof page

Biography

Tim Holmes is Associate Director of the Centre for Journalism at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, UK. He teaches on the MA in Magazine Journalism, the MBA in Media Management and the BA in Journalism and Communications. He is co-author (with Mottershead, G. G. and Hadwin, S. B.) of The 21st Century Journalism Handbook: Essential Skills for the Modern Journalist (Routledge, 2012), and editor of Mapping the Magazine: Comparative Studies In Magazine Journalism (Routledge, 2008).