Sub-editing: Advanced

Fast and efficient subbing of news stories
• A review of the essential checks
• How to perform these checks faster and more effectively

Advanced techniques for subbing features
• Subbing skills for interviews
• Subbing first person and comment pieces
• How to improve copy without rewriting it.

Subbing articles contributed by non-journalists
• How to handle rewrites
• Good and bad ways to approach a re-write
• How to keep the writer happy

Writing better headlines, standfirsts, captions and other sells
• Why some headlines work and some don’t
• Creating headlines to give added appeal to a story.

Introduction to layout
• Essential principles of page layout
• Different layouts for different types of material
• Improving proofreading skills
• How to spot serious but well hidden errors.

Subbing your own copy
You will take part in a series of practical tests to determine how well you edit your own copy. These are designed to highlight and improve any weak areas.

Media law refresher and update
• Legal developments affecting journalists and subs