Main topics of study:

Quark:

• What is Quark?
• Technology & the Sub

Editorial Production:

• Creating News
• Newsroom
• Copytaster
• Measuring the News
• News Patterns
• Production
• Production Start Up

Design & Typography:

• Format
• Balance of Contents
• Roles
• Designing the Pages
• Typography
• Using Type
• Design Workshop

Pictures:

• Role of Pictures
• Sources
• Photo Briefing
• Choosing Pictures
• Editing Pictures
• Design

Text:

• Editing
• Checking Sources
• Making It Fit
• Editing the Page
• Order & Shape
• Introduction
• Delayed Drop
• Story Sequence
• Quotes
• Geography
• Time

Language:

• Sentence
• Paragraphs
• Punctuation
• Right Word
• Clichés
• Vogue Words
• Misused Words
• House Style
• Journalese

Writing Headlines:

• Words
• Symbols
• Accuracy
• Headline Punctuation
• Abbreviations
• Content

Headline Typography:

• Shape
• Arrangement
• Type Style
• Character Counts
• Spacing
• Creativity
• Alternative Words
• Caption Writing
• Contents Bills

Rewriting:

• When to Rewrite
• Revising & Editionising

Subbing & the Law:

• Legal Traps
• Privilege

Handling a Running Story:

• Dealing with the Text

Features:

• Planning & Design
• Editing & Projection

Reading List

Main Text:
New Sub-Editing - F W Hodgson (Butterworth Heinemann)