Date post: | 12-Jul-2015 |
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Role and Responsibilities of a Sub-editor
News Selection
•1• Select news reports to go on the
designated page in consultation with the Chief Sub-Editor / News Editor
•2• Select Photographs to go on the
designated page in consultation with the Chief Sub-Editor / News Editor
Editing
•1• Remove spelling mistakes and
grammar errors
•2• Check names, designations,
dates etc to ensure that the copy is factually accurate
•3• Ensure that the copy is not
defamatory
•4• Identify gaps in copy
• Ask Reporter to provide missing information
•5• Rewrite badly written copy
•6• Club copy, that is join copy
received from two different sources
•7• Write headlines
•8• Decide news value and display
Photo Editing
•1• Select photographs
•2• Edit photographs
• Crop pictures
• Digitally enhance pictures
•3• Write captions
Page making
•1• Decide layout based on news
value
•2 • Place edited photographs/captions on page
• Place illustrations on page
• Place edited reports on page
• Adjust word count
•3• Proof read print ready page to
ensure that therea are no mistakes in headlines / captions / text jumps
• News selection
• Picture selection
1• Copy
Editig
• Write Headlines
2• Decide
news display
• Make page
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Role of Sub Editor
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