Headlines and Deadlines
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Headlines and Deadlines

A Manual for Copy Editors

  1. 230 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Headlines and Deadlines

A Manual for Copy Editors

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About This Book

A handbook meant to explain the technique of copy editing and the best standards of the metropolitan press to journalists. Includes a section on editing copies and another on writing headlines, with a condensed list of 'abused words' and 'headline vocabulary of related words' appended.

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780231883443
Edition
1
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Writing & Presentation Skills

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Note from the Publisher
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Part One. Copy
  6. 1. Newspaper Organization
  7. 2. The Copy Editor
  8. 3. Editing the Copy
  9. 4. Electronic Editing
  10. 5. Abused Words
  11. Part Two. The Headline
  12. 6. What the Headline Is
  13. 7. How the Headline Looks
  14. 8. What the Headline Says
  15. 9. How the Headline Says It
  16. 10. A Clinic for Ailing Headlines
  17. 11. A Headline Vocabulary of Related Words
  18. A Glossary of Newspaper Terms
  19. Index