This course introduces students to the fundamentals of news editing and desktop publishing. Addressing the role and ethics of editors in media organizations, the course comprises practical training of basic copy-editing skills, such as proofreading, editing, making headlines. Other keys topics include principles of newspaper and magazine layout practices, particularly in a desktop publishing environment that uses multiple graphics software applications.

CILO-1: Identify and analyze the practices of news editing. CILO-2: Analyze specific cases and examples of news editing . CILO-3: Describe the relations between news editing and news production. CILO-4: Differentiate the categories of news. CILO-5: Articulate the job duty of news editors.