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Sub Editor: Responsibilities and skills:
Editing is the most
important part of journalism and it is done by Sub-Editor.
Sub-Editor plays a
vital role in print media. He purifes and beautifies the content and make it
better before publishing. He is known as the central figure in newspaper.
He is the first
reader and last person to check content.
Sub-Editor is
considered as the last defence line.
The job of
Sub-Editor is to check, rewrite, edit and condense as it is necessary.
A large number of
sub editors work in a standard newspaper. Every sub editor has a specific area
( i.e: Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana) or field (i.e: History, Science, Politics).
Sub-Editors work
under the supervision of Chief-Sub.
Chief-Sub assign
work to editors according to their particular field or area.
Sub-Editor's work
is to correct mistakes, and mistakes can be of spelling, grammar, format,
tense, sentence.
Most important work
of Sub-Editor is to beautify news by making intro, body and conclusion.
Now a days 60% work is of translation of material
from others language so here this work also increases the burden of work and
done by sub-editor.
Translation is the
first step for sub-editor when he applies for job, they check is he or she has
an ability to translate material from other languages.
He must know the
proverbs, idioms of his language and must have general knowledge and updated
about the current issues and must have a skill to express his views.
The most important
thing is the skill of communication, like how does he communicate. If he does
not have a good communication skill it means he can not do his job of
sub-editor perfectly.
He also makes
attractive headlines from news story and headline attracts readers to read the
story or news.
To sum up he is the
important part of media.
Editing is a stage
of the writing process in which a writer or editor tries to improve a draft by
correcting errors and making words and sentences clearer, more precise, and as
effective as possible. The process of editing involves adding, deleting, and rearranging
words to cut the clutter and streamline overall structure and editing can be of
text, video etc.
It is done by
sub-editor or copy editor.
Editing is a
process of ensuring the text correct in terms of spelling, grammar,
punctuation, terminology and formatting.
If there was not
the process of editing so these things would not be as much as in sequence and
beautifully presented.
Whenever a content
is in the process of publication so there is another process that is editing
that beautifies the text and make it perfect to present.
Four things are
necessary in the process of communication:
1. Material either
is of article,news, or feature, its language should be correct , spelling wise
grammar wise.
2. Format like what
should be in an intro, body and conclusion according to its nature , like if it
is article or feature so intro, body and conclusion should be according to it.
3. How much facts
and figures are present in material.
4. Material should
be according to the policy of institute.
Every institute has
different style of editing but collectively in media there is AP style
(Associate Press Style) that is affiliated with American News Agency is used
but in books Chicago manual style is used.
Publishers follow
these styles and to keep these styles is also a part of process of editing.
During editing
clearity of an idea must be present and it should not be changed.
It was the process
of editing which is very much necessary.
Practical work carried under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi
Department of Media and Communication studies University of Sindh, Jamshoro
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