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Headlines and Deadlines

A Manual for Copy Editors
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1982

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A handbook meant to explain the technique of copy editing and the best standards of the metropolitan press to journalists. Includes a section on editing copies and another on writing headlines, with a condensed list of 'abused words' and 'headline vocabulary of related words' appended.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Contents

    V
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    Note from the Publisher

    VII
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    Foreword

    IX
    Edward W. Barrett
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    Preface

    XI
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  • Part One. Copy
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    1. Newspaper Organization

    3
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    2. The Copy Editor

    23
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    3. Editing the Copy

    31
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    4. Electronic Editing

    66
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    5. Abused Words

    79
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  • Part Two. The Headline
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    6. What the Headline Is

    91
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    7. How the Headline Looks

    100
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    8. What the Headline Says

    110
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    9. How the Headline Says It

    131
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    10. A Clinic for Ailing Headlines

    167
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    11. A Headline Vocabulary of Related Words

    174
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    A Glossary of Newspaper Terms

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    Index

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May 6, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780231883443
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230
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https://doi.org/10.7312/gars91378
eBook ISBN: 9780231883443
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