This course provides a practical overview of the basic role and responsibilities of the sub-editor working in a supervised team on a newspaper or magazine. It is aimed at working journalists with at least one year's experience, or who have completed the Foundation and Core components of the National Certificate in Journalism Level 5. The course assumes familiarity with basic newsroom processes and practices and fluency in English. It will assist participants to:

* Understand the role and responsibilities of a sub-editor
* Identify and analyse errors in text
* Make consistent use of organisational work aids such as style guides
* Edit text for grammar, spelling, syntax and style
* Note and communicate appropriately about inadequacies in content
* Note potential legal and ethical problems and implement appropriate referral procedures
* Create headlines and other page furniture as required

Combined with appropriate practice, this course will provide learning useful for the attainment of MAPPP-SETA Unit Standards 117539 Assess the Quality of a Written Text and 110358 Sub-edit Non-specialist Pages, as part of the L5 National Certificate in Journalism.

Venue

Date: 07 July 2008 to 11 July 2008
Location: IAJ Parktown, Johannesburg
More info: 9 Jubilee Road
Parktown

Contact: Mabatho Sekwala
Company name: Institute for the Advancement of Journalism
Telephone number: 27 11 484 1765
Email address print@iaj.org.za