TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Sector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75Affiliated Institution of G.G.S.IP.U, Delhi

BJMCPrint Journalism II- 24203

PRINT JOURNALISM II

By: Ayushi Sachdeva Assistant Professor

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

INTRODUCTIONWhatever one sees and reads in newspapers, magazines, or any

other periodicals, isn’t , exactly what

was written by the reporter for the first time. The first draft goes a number of changes, before being presented in

the newspaper.

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EDITING

Editing means preparing a piece of writing for publication, it includes selection of the copy, taking out grammatical corrections, improving the expression, checking the facts and figures, adjusting the length, deciding the display or placement, putting the headline and so many other things .

Editing is the process of selecting an preparing  written , visual , audible and film media used to convey information

The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, and many other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate and complete work

TRINITY INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIESSector – 9, Dwarka Institutional Area, New Delhi-75

EDITING DEFINED• Editing is a multifarious job which is very difficult to define ,

it includes selection of a copy taking out grammatical corrections ,improving the expressions , checking the facts and figures , adjusting the length, deciding the display and placement of headline so many other things which make it a perfect copy.

• An editor checks for completeness, accuracy, consistency, word choice, writing style and spelling errors. While a writer may accept, negotiate or reject individual edits, the efforts of an editor always enhance the final product.

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CONTD..

• Editing is a stage of writing process in which a writer strives to improve the news item by corrective errors and by making words and sentences more precise and effective.

• The selection and correction of a news story is called Editing. Editing is putting a news story in a required shape and size.

• Editing involves minor changes and minor revision. A word change, sentence shortened, a long word replaced with simpler one.

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MEANING OF EDITING

Editing is a process by which a text, audio, video, image, or any other material is prepared for final presentation through correction, condensation, organisation, and modification.

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• It means preparing a written piece for any publication, that has originally been written by someone else.

• Editing can also mean doing the work of planning and directing the publication.

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EDITING INCLUDES. * Deciding the length of item, * The nature of item,* Display of item,* Time taken in editing.* Process of editing.* Arranging for tools of editing.* Deciding what will and what will not be published.* Making the selected stories palatable and presentable.• Shaping it to project the publication's policies and

philosophies.

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EDITING : SOUL OF JOURNALISM

Editing is done with specific motives of checking and improving the Punctuation, Spelling, Sentence Structure, Subject and Verb Agreement, Proper Word Use, Clarity, Point of View, Dialogue, Flow, and Format. In simpler terms, editing is done to improve news stories grammatically, structurally, style-wise, factually, and in terms of readability.

Sub editors or copy editors do the editing. It is often thought that editors do editing. No, the editor does not do editing.

The sub-editor is the unsung craftsman who works hard to improve the write-ups of the reporters. And the reporters’ names appear with the news stories. Sub editors do not get any credit for their hard work.

Editing, or sub editing, as it is popularly known, includes many activities.

These are arranging, reducing, adding, translating, selecting, checking and adapting of news and other materials for publication.

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SUGGESTED READINGS A. Saxena Fundamentals of Reporting & Editing M V Kamath Modern Journalism M L Stein and Susan F. Peterno The News Writers’ Handbook

George A Hough News Writing

Jan R. Hakemulder, Ray Ac de Jonge, News Reporting and Editing P.P. Singh

M K Joseph Basic Source Material for News Writing Wainwright David Journalism made Simple, Hohnberg John The Professional Journalist

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