- Overview
- Syllabus
- What we offer
- Requirements
Overview
Diploma in Subediting (with Quark Xpress) – Online Delivery
Whether you are already a journalist or copywriter, this course is a six module boot-camp to prepare you for the newspaper and magazine frontline.
Subeditors are responsible for ensuring that the tone, style and layout of final text matches the publication's house style and suits the target market. The work involves processing all stories before publication to ensure they are grammatically and factually correct and read well. Sub-editors also write headings and may be involved with overall page design. Much of this work is carried out by freelancers.
Editors tend not to worry too much about formal qualifications and prefer to 'trial' would-be subeditors on a sink-or-swim basis. If you can do the job then they will ask you back. So wherever possible this course creates a genuine newsroom experience with real-world deadlines and editorial standards, all using the industry-standard QuarkXpress.
Who is this course for?
This online course is designed for people who want to specialise as a subeditor or copyeditor for magazines, newspapers, press releases and websites.
Awarding Body
Institute of Commercial Management (ICM)
Delivery Method
Online
Start Date
October 2012
Contact Details
Tel: + 353 1 672 5058
Email: diplomas@independentcolleges.ie
Course Duration
Contains 6 modules (Online)
Course Fees
Full time:
Part time: €475
Syllabus
Features of the course include:
*Sub editing theory and practice- but mostly practice
*QuarkXpress hints and tricks for speed and efficiency
*Live newsroom experience, with direct feedback on stories after they are submitted
*Typical copy deadlines you would be expected to achieve will be tested
What We Offer
Meet the lecturer
Roger Brownlie is a freelance journalist and has worked on the Irish Independent, the Irish Daily Mail and BusinessWorld.ie since 2005. He has also lectured in journalism at Griffith College and Independent Colleges, Dublin. Currently Roger Brownlie specialises in eLearning.
