Sub-editing Introduction Course Outline

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Course Title:	Sub-editing Introduction
Duration:	2 days
Prerequisites:	No sub-editing experience is required

home	Objectives: This course is designed to help you develop the skills you need to be an outstanding sub-editor: an orderly mind, scepticism, an eye for detail, an obsession with accuracy and the ability to work quickly under pressure This two-day course utilises practical examples throughout and is ideal for those new to sub-editing as well as writers and journalists who wish to tighten and fine-tune their own copy
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	INTRODUCTION Analysis of various magazines The role of the sub-editor The flat plan: examples of different flat plans When to correct and when to re-write Exercise 1: correcting a short piece of copy SUB-EDITING TECHNIQUES Writing heads, sells, pull quotes and sharper intros Cutting copy Legal issues Consistency of time and action Exercise 2: Cutting copy CHECKING/RE-WRITING COPY House styles Printer’s correction symbols Spelling, punctuation and grammar Grammar: mistakes to avoid Checking the facts Adhering to house styles Exercise 3: Correcting using correction symbols LAYOUT Understanding typography Filling, titling, captioning Exercise 4: On-screen text handling in QuarkXPress or MS Word PAGE PROOFS Page proofs and how to correct them What are cromalins? Digital proofing Last minute changes Exercise 5: Reading and correcting a page proof Questions and answers
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