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- | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Editing''' [[language]], [[image]]s, or [[sound]] through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media. A person who edits is called an '''editor.''' In a sense, the editing process originates with the idea for the work itself and continues in the relationship between the author and the editor. Editing is, therefore, also a practice that includes creative skills, human relations, and a precise set of methods. |
- | *[[audio editing]], the process of taking recorded sound and changing it directly on the recording medium | + | == Print media == |
- | *[[film editing]] | + | There are various levels of editorial positions in publishing. Typically, one finds junior editorial assistants reporting to the senior-level editorial managers and directors who report to senior executive editors. Senior executive editors are responsible for developing a product to its final release. The smaller the publication, the more these roles run together. In particular, the substantive editor and copy editor often overlap: fact-checking and rewriting can be the responsibility of either. |
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+ | Newspaper and [[wire services]] [[copyediting|copyeditor]]s correct [[spelling]], [[grammar]], and matters of [[house style]], design pages and select of news stories for inclusion. At UK and Australian newspapers, the term is "sub-editor." As well, they choose the layout of the publication and communicating with the printer — a ''production editor.'' This and similar jobs are also called "layout editor," "design editor," "news designer," or – more so in the past – "makeup editor." [[Magazine]] editors include a top-level editor may be called an ''editor-in-chief.'' Frequent and esteemed contributors to a magazine may acquire a title of ''editor at-large'' or ''contributing editor'' (See below.) | ||
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+ | In the book publishing industry, editors organize [[Anthology|anthologies]] and other compilations, produce definitive editions of a classic author's works ("scholarly editor"); and organize and manage contributions to a multi-author book (symposium editor or volume editor). Finding marketable ideas and presenting them to appropriate authors: a ''sponsoring editor''. Obtaining copy or recruiting authors such as: an ''acquisitions editor'' or a ''commissioning editor'' for a publishing house. Improving an author's writing so that they indeed say what they mean to say in an effective manner; a ''substantive editor.'' Depending on the writer's skill level, this editing can sometimes turn into [[ghost writer|ghost writing]]. Substantive editing is seldom a title. Many types of editors do this type of work, either in-house at a publisher or on an independent basis. | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Audio editing]] | ||
+ | * [[Film editing]] | ||
+ | * [[Society for Editors and Proofreaders]] — UK based | ||
+ | * [[Stealth edit]] | ||
+ | * [[Video editing]] | ||
+ | * [[Writer]] | ||
+ | * [[Textual scholarship]] | ||
+ | {{GFDL}} |
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Editing language, images, or sound through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media. A person who edits is called an editor. In a sense, the editing process originates with the idea for the work itself and continues in the relationship between the author and the editor. Editing is, therefore, also a practice that includes creative skills, human relations, and a precise set of methods.
Print media
There are various levels of editorial positions in publishing. Typically, one finds junior editorial assistants reporting to the senior-level editorial managers and directors who report to senior executive editors. Senior executive editors are responsible for developing a product to its final release. The smaller the publication, the more these roles run together. In particular, the substantive editor and copy editor often overlap: fact-checking and rewriting can be the responsibility of either.
Newspaper and wire services copyeditors correct spelling, grammar, and matters of house style, design pages and select of news stories for inclusion. At UK and Australian newspapers, the term is "sub-editor." As well, they choose the layout of the publication and communicating with the printer — a production editor. This and similar jobs are also called "layout editor," "design editor," "news designer," or – more so in the past – "makeup editor." Magazine editors include a top-level editor may be called an editor-in-chief. Frequent and esteemed contributors to a magazine may acquire a title of editor at-large or contributing editor (See below.)
In the book publishing industry, editors organize anthologies and other compilations, produce definitive editions of a classic author's works ("scholarly editor"); and organize and manage contributions to a multi-author book (symposium editor or volume editor). Finding marketable ideas and presenting them to appropriate authors: a sponsoring editor. Obtaining copy or recruiting authors such as: an acquisitions editor or a commissioning editor for a publishing house. Improving an author's writing so that they indeed say what they mean to say in an effective manner; a substantive editor. Depending on the writer's skill level, this editing can sometimes turn into ghost writing. Substantive editing is seldom a title. Many types of editors do this type of work, either in-house at a publisher or on an independent basis.
See also
- Audio editing
- Film editing
- Society for Editors and Proofreaders — UK based
- Stealth edit
- Video editing
- Writer
- Textual scholarship