Editing Today, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-8138-1306-6
Hardcover
260 pages
February 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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Introduction.
I. THE COPY EDITOR’S JOB.
The Evolution of a News Story.
Life on the Copy Desk.
II. 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.
III. USING PICTURES, GRAPHICS AND DESIGN.
Typography.
Editing Photographs and Graphics.
The Basics of Page Design.
Editing and Designing Web Pages.
Appendixes.
Index.