Sub Editing Courses
"Although I'd been working as a freelance feature writer, I needed to expand my journalistic skills. Learning to sub-edit made me much more employable in a difficult market"
Nicola Pearson, Evening Standard

NCTJ DIPLOMA IN SUB-EDITING

One week full-time in July 2010 OR Part-time every Saturday for 10 weeks starting September 2010

If you already have journalism skills and want to add subbing to your portfolio, then we have your perfect solution

A professional sub-editing course, leading to the NCTJ subbing exam.

 

First Class Sub-Editors are Always in Demand

All over the UK and internationally, sub-editors are the glue that binds press offices together. A sub-editor's choice of layout can make or break a page.

Reporters and editors rely on a decent sub to balance incoming stories, so that readers will stick with it, front page to back.


After being made redundant I took the part-time course in sub-editing to improve my skills. The course offered plenty of work experience opportunities and through an initial placement on the Mail On Sunday YOU magazine I managed to secure a paid position as a sub-editor on the Metro after just two weeks.

Tom Dartnell 

Sub-Editing is Important

Who is this course for?

  • Reporters who want to learn the extra skills of subbing
  • People already working in newspaper offices who would like to switch to an editorial role
  • Editors and contributors to newsletters, other publications or websites
  • PR, media, communications professionals who want to add subbing to their skill set.

What does it cover?

  • Understand the crucial role of a sub-editor
  • Write accurately and with clarity
  • Balance stories
  • Attract your reader's interest
  • Sub for features, picture stories, page leads, anchor stories and letters
  • Design page layouts using QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign
  • Use the full IMPACT of typography
  • Write attention grabbing headlines
  • Write perfect picture captions
  • Learn both print and online techniques
  • Proof read and master the main proofing symbols
Seven Day Intensive Subbing Course: Starts July 19th 2010
£750 including VAT and Exam

Saturday sub-editing course

  • 10 Saturdays - starting September 25th 2010
  • 9:30am to 5:00pm
  • Lunchbreak
  • Small classes

£875 plus VAT

Price includes exam

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