EDINBURGH COLLEGE

SCHEME OF WORK
COURSE: JOURNALISM

UNIT:SUB-EDITING

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1. 1 INTRODUCTION Introduc By the end of the Discussion White Digital,
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TRADITIONAL/DI Learners should notes Marker editing &
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REVOLUTION and explain r Newspap
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digital revolution Stephen
in print media Quinn

2 EDITORIAL Structure Learners should Discussion White Digital,

PRODUCTION of a be able to state Taking board Sub
newsroo and explain the notes Marker editing &
m editorial lecturing compute design
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Stephen
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3 EDITORIAL Tradition Learners should Discussion White Digital,

PRODUCTION al roles- be able to state Taking board Sub
and explain roles notes Marker editing &
of copy tasters lecturing compute design
and sub editors r Newspap
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Stephen
Quinn

4 Copytast Learners should Discussion White Digital,

er& sub be able to state Taking board Sub
editors and explain roles notes Marker editing &
of copy tasters lecturing compute design
and sub editors r Newspap
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Stephen
Quinn

5 Core Learners should Discussion White Digital,

 skills for be able to state & Taking board Sub
the sub explain skills for notes Marker editing &
editor sub editors lecturing compute design
r Newspap
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Stephen
Quinn

2. 1 TEXT AND TEXT Basic Learners should Discussion White Digital,

EDITING parts of be able to state Taking board Sub
speech and explain basic notes Marker editing &
parts of speech lecturing compute design
r Newspap
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Stephen
Quinn

2 Sticking By the end of the Discussion White Digital,

to facts lesson, the Taking board Sub
Learners should notes Marker editing &
be able state and lecturing compute design
explain sticking r Newspap
facts in a copy er by
Stephen
Quinn
3 Producin Learners should Discussion White Digital,
g be able to state Taking board Sub
effective the effective copy notes Marker editing &
copy lecturing compute design
r Newspap
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Stephen
Quinn

4 PUBLICATION Defining Learners to able Discussion White Digital,

STYLE audience to state and Taking board Sub
& explain the notes Marker editing &
audience difference lecturing compute design
needs between r Newspap
audience and er by
their needs Stephen
Quinn

5 PUBLICATION Usage Learners should Discussion White Digital,

STYLE be able to explain Taking board Sub
copy usage in notes Marker editing &
story lecturing compute design
development r Newspap
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Stephen
Quinn
3 1 PUBLICATION Paper Learners should Discussion White Digital,
STYLE be able to define Taking board Sub
types of papers in notes Marker editing &
print media and lecturing compute design
the circulation r Newspap
er by
Stephen
Quinn

2 PUBLICATION Colour Learners to be Discussion White Digital,

STYLE able to state and Taking board Sub
explain the notes Marker editing &
colour used in lecturing compute design
texts, background r Newspap
and images er by
Stephen
Quinn

3 PUBLICATION Page Learners should Discussion White Digital,

STYLE structure be able to state Taking board Sub
and explain page notes Marker editing &
structures/comp lecturing compute design
osition r Newspap
er by
Stephen
 Quinn

4 PUBLICATION House Learners should Discussion White Digital,

STYLE style be able to state Taking board Sub
and explain notes Marker editing &
house styles in lecturing compute design
media r Newspap
organizations er by
Stephen
Quinn

Typeface Learners should Discussion White Digital,

Graphics be able to state Taking board Sub
5 PUBLICATION and explain new notes Marker editing &
STYLE media technology lecturing compute design
in copy editing r Newspap
er by
Stephen
Quinn

4 1 DESIGN & Typeface By the end of the Digital,

TYPOGRAPH s lesson, the Sub
Learners should editing &
be able to define design
and explain the Newspap
 meaning of er by
typeface Stephen
Quinn

2 DESIGN & Font & Learners should Discussion White Digital,

TYPOGRAPH font be able to state Taking board Sub
styles and explain new notes Marker editing &
media technology lecturing compute design
on fonts and r Newspap
styles er by
Stephen
Quinn

3 DESIGN & Font and Learners should Demonstra Word compute

TYPOGRAPH font be able to write tion docume r
styles text and design lecture nt
practical using the font
family
4 DESIGN & Layout The Learners Discussion White Digital,
TYPOGRAPH variation should be able to Taking board Sub
s, state and explain notes Marker editing &
including the copy layout lecturing compute design
justificati r Newspap
on and er by
hyphena Stephen
tion Quinn
 5 DESIGN & Spacing The Learners Discussion White Digital,
TYPOGRAPH and should be able to Taking board Sub
shaping state and explain notes Marker editing &
spacing and lecturing compute design
shaping r Newspap
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Stephen
Quinn

5 1 DESIGN & Spacing The learners Demonstra Word Compute

TYPOGRAPH and should be able to tion docume r
shaping draw different lecture nt
practical shapes
Columns The Learners Discussion White Digital,
widths should be able to Taking board Sub
explain the notes Marker editing &
columns and lecturing compute design
width r Newspap
er by
Stephen
Quinn

2 Headline The Learners Discussion White Digital,

s should be able to Taking board Sub
state and explain notes Marker editing &
the headlines and lecturing compute design
types r Newspap
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Stephen
Quinn

3 DEALING WITH Introduc By the end of the Discussion White Digital,

PICTURES AND tion lesson, the Taking board Sub
OTHER GRAPHIC Learners should notes Marker editing &
MATERIALS be able to define lecturing compute design
and explain the r Newspap
meaning of er by
pictures Stephen
Quinn

4 DEALING WITH Photo The Learners Discussion White Digital,

PICTURES AND and should be able to Taking board Sub
OTHER GRAPHIC photo define and state notes Marker editing &
MATERIALS sources and explain lecturing compute design
sources of r Newspap
pictures er by
Stephen
Quinn

5 DEALING WITH Cropping The Learners Discussion White Digital,

PICTURES AND and should be able to Taking board Sub
OTHER GRAPHIC sizing state and explain notes Marker editing &
 MATERIALS the cropping and lecturing compute design
sizing r Newspap
er by
Stephen
Quinn

6 1 DEALING WITH Cropping The leaner at the Demonstra Word compute

PICTURES AND and end of the lesson tion docume r
OTHER GRAPHIC sizing should be able to lecture nt
MATERIALS practicalcrop different
photos and size
them
2 Other The Learners Discussion White Digital,
visual should be able to Taking board Sub
elements state and explain notes Marker editing &
other elements lecturing compute design
r Newspap
er by
Stephen
Quinn

3 NEWSPAPER Introduc By the end of the Discussion White Digital,

DESIGN tion lesson, the Taking board Sub
Learners should notes Marker editing &
be able to define lecturing compute design
and explain the r Newspap
meaning of er by
 newspaper Stephen
design Quinn

4 NEWSPAPER Page The Learners Discussion White Digital,

DESIGN layout should be able to Taking board Sub
explain the notes Marker editing &
meaning of page lecturing compute design
layout r Newspap
er by
Stephen
Quinn

5 NEWSPAPER Marking The Learners Discussion White Digital,

DESIGN up should be able to Taking board Sub
state and explain notes Marker editing &
the meaning of lecturing compute design
marking up a r Newspap
copy er by
Stephen
Quinn

7 NEWSPAPER Editing By the end of the Discussion White Digital,

DESIGN symbols lesson, the Taking board Sub
Learners should notes Marker editing &
be able to state lecturing compute design
and explain the r Newspap
editing symbols er by
 Stephen
Quinn

Story By the end of the Discussion White Newspap

counts lesson, the Taking board er by
Learners should notes Marker Stephen
be able to state lecturing compute Quinn
story counts r
Matching By the end of the Discussion White Newspap
news lesson, the Taking board er by
values to Learners should notes Marker Stephen
available be able to state lecturing compute Quinn
content and explain the r
news values
CAT CAT 1 The student Demonstra Test Test
should be able do tion paper paper
the examination (exams
after the end of writing)
the unit