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020 _a0844232106
050 _aPN4778.F75
100 _aFriend, Cecilia
245 _aContemporary editing. /
_cCecilia Friend, Don Challenger and Katherine C. McAdams
260 _aChicago:
_bNTC / Contemporary Publishing Group Inc.
_cc2000.
300 _axxiii, 631 p.:
_bill.;
_c23cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aContents: 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.
650 _bJournalism
_x Editing.
700 _aChallenger, Don
700 _aMcAdams, Katherine C.
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