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List of contents
Chapter 1: Editing For Today’s Changing Media
Chapter 2: The Editor and the Audience
Chapter 3: The Editing Process
Chapter 4: Macro Editing for the Big Picture
Chapter 5: Macro Editing for Legality, Ethics and Propriety
Chapter 6: Macro Editing for Grammar and Usage
Chapter 7: Micro Editing for Style, Spelling and Tightening
Chapter 8: Holistic Editing: Integrating the Macro and Micro
Chapter 9: Writing Headlines, Captions and Blurbs
Chapter 10: Using Photos, Graphics and Type
Chapter 11: Editing Newspapers
Chapter 12: Editing Magazines and Newsletters
Chapter 13: Editing for the Web
Chapter 14: Editing for Broadcast Media
Chapter 15: Editing in Other Fields
About the author
Brian S. Brooks has served as editor-in-chief of the Columbia Missourian and as European editor of Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military newspaper in Europe and the Middle East. He served as a faculty member and administrator at the Missouri School of Journalism for 38 years, the last 10 of those as associate dean for undergraduate studies. He continues to work part-time at the school. Brooks served as deputy director or director of the Dow Jones News Fund internship program at Missouri for more than 40 years. He is the co-author of four journalism textbooks and is a member of the Missouri Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame.
James L. Pinson has worked for newspapers in Missouri, Colorado and Michigan and holds a doctorate in journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism, where he also taught for six years. He additionally taught 25 years in the journalism program at Eastern Michigan University, where he is now a professor emeritus, and for 13 summers in the Dow Jones News Fund's internship program. In addition to this book, he and Brian S. Brooks are also co-authors of Working With Words: A Handbook for Media Writers and Editors along with Jean Gaddy Wilson (Bedford/St. Martin's).
Summary
The Art of Editing in the Age of Convergence remains the most comprehensive and widely used text on editing in journalism. This latest edition continues to shift the focus toward online multimedia as more and more people get their news that way.
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As another brilliant updating of a classic in the field, this latest edition of The Art of Editing in the Age of Convergence teaches the tried and true techniques of editing and how to use them in our changing media environment. A must-read for anyone looking to become an editor.
- Jon Kraszewski, Seton Hall University, USA
