In the first chapter, we wrote about the roles of the copy editor, such as:
-having a good sense of humour that is widely accepted and understood
-being diplomatic, intelligent, well versed on many subjects, organized, able to grow with technology, experienced with regards to newspapers, well-read in fiction and non-fiction
-having a post-secondary education
-understanding/applying proper grammar
-preventing lawsuits through good editing
-being able to write well and layout pages digitally
-being able to write photo captions, as well as bylines
-must love language, edit quickly and effectively, be creative, and be able to research effectively
-must be better writers than the journalists they edit for, while not "writing" for the journalists themselves
-having previous experience with writing every type of beat
-must be able to finalize projects with picture selection, cropping, and placement
We also defined the terms "slot editor" (cheif editor), as well as "rim editor" (asst. cheif editor).
Slot editors and rim editors used to sit in a horseshoe shape; however, most editing desks are now rectangular.
USA has remarkably more daily newspapers than Canada.
Journalists do much more research on the Internet now than ever before.
We were surprised to learn that a copy editor's salary is approx. $50, 000 per year! (Keep in mind that "Copy Editor" is a promotion from "Journalist."
Bill Gates's company began MSNBC.
Local news stations are floundering.
Print Journalism will be around for a very long time. Print media is layed out digitally as a whole page.
News stations advertise for their associated news stations and websites.
*Timeliness: Information from today is much more useful than information from yesterday.
*Newsworthiness: relevance, uniqueness, touching, useful, informative, up-to-date
As a whole, chapter 1 did not deliver a ton of "new information," so-to-speak, yet it highlighted on very important duties and qualities an editor must take on. We were surprised by the salary a copy editor takes home every year, especially when it is compared to the income a person with a trade would receive. "According to salary.hotjobs.com, a Web site that allows users to conduct an instant online salary comparison, in 2006 an associate Web editor earned an average of $51,116 a year" (Creative Editing, Chapter 1). Copy editors have very specific tasks to complete in a very short period of time, and we do not feel that this salary is sufficient to the work assigned.
Ricki Cundliffe & Megan Perras
-having a good sense of humour that is widely accepted and understood
-being diplomatic, intelligent, well versed on many subjects, organized, able to grow with technology, experienced with regards to newspapers, well-read in fiction and non-fiction
-having a post-secondary education
-understanding/applying proper grammar
-preventing lawsuits through good editing
-being able to write well and layout pages digitally
-being able to write photo captions, as well as bylines
-must love language, edit quickly and effectively, be creative, and be able to research effectively
-must be better writers than the journalists they edit for, while not "writing" for the journalists themselves
-having previous experience with writing every type of beat
-must be able to finalize projects with picture selection, cropping, and placement
We also defined the terms "slot editor" (cheif editor), as well as "rim editor" (asst. cheif editor).
Slot editors and rim editors used to sit in a horseshoe shape; however, most editing desks are now rectangular.
USA has remarkably more daily newspapers than Canada.
Journalists do much more research on the Internet now than ever before.
We were surprised to learn that a copy editor's salary is approx. $50, 000 per year! (Keep in mind that "Copy Editor" is a promotion from "Journalist."
Bill Gates's company began MSNBC.
Local news stations are floundering.
Print Journalism will be around for a very long time. Print media is layed out digitally as a whole page.
News stations advertise for their associated news stations and websites.
*Timeliness: Information from today is much more useful than information from yesterday.
*Newsworthiness: relevance, uniqueness, touching, useful, informative, up-to-date
As a whole, chapter 1 did not deliver a ton of "new information," so-to-speak, yet it highlighted on very important duties and qualities an editor must take on. We were surprised by the salary a copy editor takes home every year, especially when it is compared to the income a person with a trade would receive. "According to salary.hotjobs.com, a Web site that allows users to conduct an instant online salary comparison, in 2006 an associate Web editor earned an average of $51,116 a year" (Creative Editing, Chapter 1). Copy editors have very specific tasks to complete in a very short period of time, and we do not feel that this salary is sufficient to the work assigned.
Ricki Cundliffe & Megan Perras
I appreciate the time you took to summarize the chapter thoroughly. Well done! *high-five
ReplyDeleteThank you Ricki and Megan for reminding us how much money we WON'T MAKE after graduation. It seems busking for change will fill in the hours we aren't writing to deadline. Anyway, thorough analysis of the chapter. Good job!
ReplyDeleteFrom Maxwell Rausch and Jesse "The Cat" Snyder
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