Creative Editing (with InfoTrac ) (Wadsworth Series in Mass Communication and Journalism) [Paperback]

Dorothy A. Bowles (Author), Diane L. Borden (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534562167 | ISBN-13: 978-0534562168 | Publication Date: July 3, 2003 | Edition: 4

CREATIVE EDITING has been consistently praised by reviewers for its comprehensive coverage, excellent organization, and currency of issues relevant to editing copy. The Fourth Edition continues to live up to this reputation through consistent reinforcement and practical application of editing concepts. The book covers all aspects of editing for print and online media and provides ample practice exercises for students to demonstrate that they know how to apply principles from the text. This book does not assume that students understand grammar fundamentals. It starts with basic language skills and leads students through every phase of a professional copy editor's job. The book's textbook/workbook approach allows students to practice their skills as they learn. This edition covers editing as it relates to public relations, digital editing for Web sources and magazine editing. In addition, it includes separate chapters on communications law and ethics, along with exercises designed to help students understand practical applications of legal and ethical principles.

Editorial Reviews

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" I adopted CREATIVE EDITING because it best fulfills the needs of my course. The text also is the most thorough in all areas that I cover in the course. I like the text and will keep using it. [Other books] have been recently sent to me, but CREATIVE EDITING still gives the best coverage to all the areas that I teach."

"It is the most comprehensive general editing book available and one that I encourage students to keep as a good reference book for the future. It is filled with useful information."

"The journalism faculty suggested I use CREATIVE EDITING. I knew nothing about it but it came highly recommended. It has turned out to be indispensable. It organizes grammatical challenges well, provides understandable solutions and doesn’t give the students and overload of them, like other texts might."

"I chose CREATIVE EDITING because it appeared to be more up to date and more in keeping with my editorial philosophy than the texts I had used before. So unhappy was I with those books that, for a couple of semesters, before CREATIVE EDITING came along, I used no text at all. I haven’t seen any other texts that I find as useful as CREATIVE EDITING, which seems to strive to stay up to date."

About the Author

Dorothy A. Bowles is a Journalism Professor at the University of Tennessee, where she teaches courses in editing, political communications, and communications law and ethics. She previously taught editing and law for nine years at the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. She has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, Texas and Louisiana. She has also worked in corporate and school public relations.

Diane L. Borden joined the School of Communication at San Diego State University in August 1998 and was named Executive Assistant to SDSU President Stephen L. Weber in July 2001. Prior to joining the president's office, Dr. Borden taught mass communication law and theory as well as courses in journalism. She continues to teach a graduate seminar in first amendment law each spring. She has also served as the project director for the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), where she was responsible for the administration of more than $1.5 million in grant projects. She came to academe after a lengthy career in professional journalism, including a ten-year tenure with Gannett Co. Inc., during which time she worked as an editor and publisher in a variety of media markets.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 4 edition (July 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534562167
• ISBN-13: 978-0534562168
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,872,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pages Mission, September 9, 2009

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This review is from: Creative Editing (Paperback)

Although this book has been helpful, several of the worksheet exercises were torn out of the back of the book.