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MAC 331 Newspaper Editing and Production

300 levelCommunication & Media10 topics

MAC 331 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Principles of newspaper editing
  2. Copy editing: accuracy, clarity and conciseness
  3. Headline writing and casting
  4. News values and story selection
  5. Page design and layout principles
  6. Typography and use of visuals
  7. The role of the sub-editor and editor
  8. Proofreading and correction symbols
  9. Production workflow and printing processes
  10. Ethical and legal considerations in editing

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Principles of newspaper editing

Principles of newspaper editing centre on making copy accurate, clear, balanced, readable and suitable for publication in line with house style and legal-ethical standards. For exams, you must understand not just what an editor does, but the guiding rules behind decisions on language, facts, structure, headlines and presentation.

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