Includes index.

Contents: Approaching the story: Focus on fundamentals: the editor within -- Focus on news judgement: the editor's attitude -- Focus on skills and tools: the editor in the newsroom -- Focus on grammar: the mechanics of language -- Focus on writing: strong and graceful prose -- Inside the story: editing local stories and community news -- News from afar, editing wire stories -- Making a long story short: editing for brevity and clarity -- After the fact: editing features and more complex story forms -- No safety in numbers: poll and survey stories -- Doing justice: legal issues, ethics and bias -- Beyond the story: Headlines: precison, power and poetry -- An Eye for news: editing photos -- Showing the story: editing information graphics -- The Balancing act: designing pages -- From gatekeeper to guide: online news and 21st-century editing -- Appendix A: Frequently misused words -- Appendix B: Glossary -- Appendix C: Sample dummy sheets.