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Certificate in News Editing

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News Editing Certification


About News Editing

For the objective of news editing, articles and videos are carefully examined for grammatical and factual faults as well as for general substance. Additionally, news editors decide which stories will be investigated and how they will be presented. It could be necessary for you to manage a group of authors who submit their work directly to you.

Why is News Editing important?

The editing process is a test of a journalist's professionalism. It contains a unique, widely accepted set of language conventions that skilled authors know how to use. Editing can eliminate reader distractions that damage the author's credibility. Its goal is to guarantee correctness.

A professional editor makes your work better by enhancing the clarity of your thoughts and adapting it to a readership. Your writing will improve with the guidance of an editor, especially a competent one.

Who should take the News Editing Exam?

  • News Editor
  • Editor
  • Marketing Editor
  • Writer
  • Project Manager
  • Public Relation Manager

News Editing Certification Course Outline

  1. Definitions of News and Current Affairs
  2. Elements of Good Writing
  3. Writing for your Audience/ Viewer
  4. Writing for your Announcer
  5. Types of Leads for Broadcast Stories
  6. Guidelines for Copy Preparation
  7. Putting Together a Newscast
  8. Sources for Broadcast News
  9. Finding and Using News Sources
  10. Writing Broadcast Copy
  11. Legal and Ethical Issues
  12. Documentary and Feature Programmes
  13. Environmental Reporting
  14. Business Reporting
  15. Consumer Reporting
  16. Investigative Reporting
  17. Wildlife Writing and Reporting
  18. Science and Sports
  19. Writing Science News
  20. Reporting Courts and National Disasters
  21. News Releases
  22. Elements of A News Release
  23. Types of News Releases
  24. The Journalist’s Perspective
  25. Other Problems with News Releases
  26. Checklist for Handling News Releases
  27. Journalists and the Internet
  28. Internet Addresses or URLS
  29. Search Engines and Subject Directories
  30. Mailing Lists and Newsgroups
  31. Ethical Considerations
  32. Newspapers
  33. Magazines
  34. Newspaper Vs Radio and TV News
  35. News agencies
  36. A New Concept in Media: Talking Newspapers
  37. Editorial Judgment
  38. News Judgment
  39. Recognizing and Evaluating A News Story
  40. Fictional and Factual
  41. Writing for Television
  42. Writing for Radio

Certificate in News Editing FAQs

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.

No there is no negative marking

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.