Digital Sub-Editing & Design Dr Stephen Quinn ... £14.99 rrp
The first section concentrates on editing in the digital age, demonstrating the tools needed for effective text editing. Dr Quinn shows how to write powerful headlines and captions, and how to edit body text quickly and cleanly. The middle section concentrates on design in the digital environment. Chapter five introduces typography and the related issues of readability and legibility. Chapter six covers the principles of design and how they can be applied to print and electronic publications. Chapter seven looks at the skills of picture editing, including image selection, cropping, manipulation and the ethics involved. Chapter eight investigates other forms of visual presentation such as diagrams, logos, maps and cartoons. In the final section, these core skills and methods are applied to the World Wide Web. Chapter nine considers recent research into how people navigate Web pages, and recommends ways to write more effectively for the online medium. Chapter ten examines how the principles of print design can (and cannot) be applied to Web pages. Dr Stephen Quinn is a senior lecturer in journalism at Deakin University in Australia. He has taught journalism in Australia, New Zealand, England, Hong Kong and the United States. Between 1977 and 1990 Stephen worked full time as a sub-editor and editor in New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and England, after his initial training as a reporter at the Newcastle Herald in Australia. He continues to maintain currency while teaching by working as a casual sub-editor. Stephen is the author of Newsgathering on the Net, second edition (Macmillan), The Art of Learning (Deakin University Press) and has contributed to Journalism: Theory and Practice (Macleay Press).
Readership: Trainee/student journalists and new subeditors working on newspapers, magazines and online publications. ISBN: 0240516397 Color plates: Line Illustrations: 6 line drawings Halftones: 30 screen dumps Measurements: 246 x 189 mm Pages: 192pp Price: £14.99.
