TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellis,Barbara G.
TI  - The copy editing and headline handbook
SN  - 0738204595
U1  - 070.41 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Perseus
KW  - Copy editing
N1  - Includes bibliographic references and index; Acknowledgments --; 1; Headlines: The Prime Seller of Newspapers and the Copy Editors Who Write Them --; 2; Headlines: The Door to Copy-Editing Mastery --; 3; "Counting" the Headline --; 4; Specialty Headlines --; 5; The Master Lists of Forbidden Words in Headlines --; 6; Setting Up a Work Regimen and Determining the First Word (the Subject) - and the Second (the Verb) --; 7; Headline Punctuation, Abbreviations, and the Use of Numbers and Symbols --; 8; Line Breaks, Decks, Jumps - and Second-Day Headlines --; 9; The Art of Writing Feature Headlines --; 10; Different Papers, Different Head Styles --; 11; An Overall Look at Copy Editing Today --; 12; The Editing Routine --; 13; Editing for Organization --; 14; Editing the Lead --; 15; Editing the Close and Quotes --; 16; Adds and Trims --; 17; Editing Stories Involving Numbers --; 18; Attributions, Identifications, and Second References --; 19; Catching Errors in Grammar and Usage (That/Which, Who/Whom, Parallelism, Subjunctive Mood, and Other Pitfalls) --; 20; Transition Words and Forbidden Words in Text --; 21; Writing and Editing Captions --; 22; Two Safeguards for Headlines and Copy: Pursuing Accuracy and Avoiding Lawsuits --; 23; Job Hazards: Dealing with Too Many Earthquakes, Monicas, and Shootings
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