Course Title:

Sub-editing Advanced

Duration:

1 day

Prerequisites:

Sub-editing experience is assumed

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Objectives:

This course is designed for those who have been sub-editing for six to twelve months but who want to hone their subbing skills

The course will concentrate on identifying and addressing any sub-editing weaknesses you may have. You will look at improved text handling techniques, headline writing tips and tricks and creating standfirsts and picture captions that maximise the impact of your completed copy

You will also address important copyright and legal issues

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INTRODUCTION

Writing accurate, sharp headlines
Working within a strict design format
Acceptable line-end hyphenation rules
Understanding leading, kerning and tracking
Getting designers to do your work for you
Fast and accurate proof-reading
Working on technical features
Creating standfirsts
Better picture captions

CHECKING FACTS

Can I trust information from the internet?
Preferred checking sources

GUIDELINES FOR CONSISTENCY

Guidelines relating to clichés
Guidelines relating to jargon
Guidelines relating to political correctness
Checking consistency
Typographical styles

LEGAL ISSUES

Defamation
Slander and libel: what you should know

COPYRIGHT ISSUES

When copyright laws apply and when they don’t
EU copyright laws
When is it safe to quote from books, films and plays when writing stories for features?
Reporting current events

Five golden rules of subbing

Questions and answers

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