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Hardcover. Introduces prospective journalists to the basics of editing and design by following a true story through these processes at a major newspaper, on the newspaper's Web desk, and on its TV outlet. Here, readers are guided through the fundamentals of editing both words and layout with contemporary software. Num Pages: 261 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; CJB; JNU; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 726.
In this era of media convergence, the second edition of Editing Today continues the evolutionary transformation of Martin L. Gibson’s classic Editing in the Electronic Era, introducing prospective journalists to the basics of editing and design by following a true story through these processes at a major newspaper, on the newspaper’s Web desk, and on its TV outlet. Readers are guided through the fundamentals of editing both words and layout with contemporary software.
In this era of media convergence, the second edition of Editing Today continues the evolutionary transformation of Martin L. Gibson’s classic Editing in the Electronic Era, introducing prospective journalists to the basics of editing and design by following a true story through these processes at a major newspaper, on the newspaper’s Web desk, and on its TV outlet. Readers are guided through the fundamentals of editing both words and layout with contemporary software.
Expanded and updated sections address pagination, verifying information, grammar, wordiness, editing the hard-news story, telling the news in other ways, copyright law, design, Photoshop, page ... Read more
Editing Today, Second Edition is a first-class textbook for students and faculty in journalism and mass communication programs and a comprehensive reference for professional journalists
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780813813066
SKU
V9780813813066
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-50
About Ron F. Smith
Ron F. Smith is a professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Smith has worked for newspapers in Indiana, Ohio and Florida, and published numerous articles in Journalism Quarterly, Newspaper Research Journal, Collegiate Journalist, Quill and Journalism Eudcator. He was a research fellow at the Poynter Institute and co-authored Groping for Ethics in Journalism with Gene ... Read more
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