J461 News Editing

Winter '12, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday, 366 Library
John Russial

220A Agate Hall; 346-3750 To send me E-mail The address is jrussial@uoregon.edu if for any reason the link doesn't work.

This page can be found at http://journalism.uoregon.edu/~russial/j461

New Links !

  • A grammar geek reads the news
  • Photo editing issue? Washington Post chooses 'newsy' photo that photographer says doesn't represent Occupy Wall Street protests--from Salon magazine
  • The Occupied Wall Street Journal David Carr of the New York Times reports that a professionally produced broadsheet newspaper is creating a buzz at the protest.
  • Word help A list of words often confused, from EditTeach.org. Click on the "Words often confused" link in the Resources section of the page.

    A few links to information about copyediting

  • ACES The American Copy Editors Society. A lot of information about copyediting, as well as info about joining this organization. The organization is aimed at professional copyeditors as well as students interested in careers in editing. Here's a page from the site that provides tips on a wide range of copy editing issues.

    A few blogs on copy editing

  • "You Don't Say: Language and Usage" A blog by John McIntyre, past president of ACES and former AME for copy desks, Baltimore Sun
  • Bill Walsh's copy desk blog

    Information on the Dow Jones copy editing internship program

  • Info and application links
  • Dow Jones Copy Editing tests These are posted on EditTeach.org. The site contains tests from 1998 to last year's. It also contains many other excellent copy editing resources.

    Other copy editing links

  • Newsroom 101 Contains self-paced quizzes on grammar, usage and other information of use to reporters and editors.
  • The Power of Words Providence Journal web site devoted to tips about writing and editing.
  • MATH ISSUES
  • The Poynter Institute This is a very large site, and it contains a great deal of useful information for writers and editors. Sometimes it's hard to find what you want--try searching for copy editing or visual journalism. The Romenseko column is an excellent site for keeping up with what's going on in journalism. And the e-media tidbits column has up-to-date information about the online journalism world. Here are a few other Poynter links to editing issues:
  • Cyberjournalism class readings page This page, from another class I teach, offers a number of online readings that address journalism on the web. We'll be dealing with editing and presentation issues on the web a bit during this class.
  • Last, and without a doubt least, a goofy grammar quiz