The quality of a newspaper depends upon the skills, abilities and knowledge of its Sub Editors, also known as the Copy Editors. This slide outlines the role and responsibilities of Sub Editors/Copy Editors in newspapers.

1. Role and Responsibilities
of a Sub-editor

2. News Selection

3. •1 • Select news reports to go on the
designated page in consultation
with the Chief Sub-Editor / News
Editor

4. •2 • Select Photographs to go on the
designated page in consultation
with the Chief Sub-Editor / News
Editor

5. Editing

6. •1 • Remove spelling mistakes and
grammar errors

7. •2 • Check names, designations,
dates etc to ensure that the
copy is factually accurate

8. •3 • Ensure that the copy is not
defamatory

9. •4 • Identify gaps in copy
• Ask Reporter to provide missing
information

10. •5 • Rewrite badly written copy

11. •6 • Club copy, that is join copy
received from two different
sources

12. •7 • Write headlines

13. •8 • Decide news value and display

14. Photo Editing

15. •1 • Select photographs

16. •2 • Edit photographs
• Crop pictures
• Digitally enhance pictures

17. •3 • Write captions

18. Page making

19. •1 • Decide layout based on news
value

20. • 2 • Place edited photographs/captions
on page
• Place illustrations on page
• Place edited reports on page
• Adjust word count

21. •3 • Proof read print ready page to
ensure that therea are no
mistakes in headlines / captions
/ text jumps

22. Role of Sub Editor
• News
selection
• Picture
selection
1
• Copy
Editig
• Write
Headlines
2
• Decide
news
display
• Make
page
3

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