EDITING

"Editing" is the latest volume in the series of books on Journalism. Like other volumes. it covers a concise. yet exhaustive course in the specialized branch of editing and feature writing. The volume is meant for the graduate and post-graduate students of journalism of the lndian Institute of Mass Communication, Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan and different universities of India. This volume gives the student all that he would need to grasp the theory and practice of editing in all its departments for obtaining entry as a sub-editor in a newspaper or magazine and rise to the position of editor in course of time. The book teaches the student of journalism and employees of journalistic organisations-dailies, monthlies. weeklies and book publishing about the processes involved in the editing and production of newspapers, magazines and books. While there is emphasis on the techniques of writing and editing different features, there is pertinent guidance on allied topics in the fields of printing, distribution and readership. The book tells all that is essential for a person aspiring to be a successful editor and feature writer. It gives a clear glimpse of the newspaper office and the functioning of different departments. It gives adequate information about the staff in a newspaper and how each member participates in bringing out the daily, its different pages; how they are edited and produced. It gives the role of sub-editors, news editors and the editors. It also gives sufficient guidance for editorial and feature writing, news writing and re-writing, summarization of news received from variegated sources, their presentation in nice simple language, giving headings and headlines in keeping with their new values. The book covers the modem structure of a news story, what hands it passes until it goes in print. It gives specimens of good editorials, and reviews of books, plays, films and arts. The book answers all the curiosities of the student concerning editing in all its diverse intellectual and linguistic aspects.

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