{"product_id":"editing-today-workbook-isbn-9780813813172","title":"Editing Today Workbook","description":"\u003ci\u003eEditing Today Workbook, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e provides practical exercises to sharpen student skill and complements \u003ci\u003eEditing Today, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e Introduction: Why Study Editing? vii \u003cp\u003eThe Copy Editor's Job 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoaching and Editing Stories 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChecking Facts in the AP Stylebook 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Basics of AP Style 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChecking Word Usage and Grammar in the AP Stylebook 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuick Course in Grammar and Punctuation 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNouns, Pronouns and Agreement 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModifiers, Prepositions and Conjunctions 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubjects, Objects and Verbs 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommas, Clauses and Phrases 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore Commas, Clauses and Phrases 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommas and Nonessential Information 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHyphens, Modifiers and Verbs 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyntax 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Words and Phrases Correctly 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDangling Modifiers 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePunctuation and Quotation Marks 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditing the Hard-News Story 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRidding Copy of Wordiness and Repetition 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContent Editing 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Ways to Tell the News 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHandling Wire Copy 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMath and the Journalist 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting Headlines 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLibel and Fairness 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePutting It All Together 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Answers to Practice Exercises 215\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRon F. Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Smith has worked for newspapers in Indiana, Ohio and Florida, and published numerous articles in \u003cem\u003eJournalism Quarterly, Newspaper Research Journal, Collegiate Journalist, Quill\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJournalism Eudcator\u003c\/em\u003e. He was a research fellow at the Poynter Institute and co-authored \u003cem\u003eGroping for Ethics in Journalism\u003c\/em\u003e with Gene Goodwin, assuming sole authorship on the fourth edition.  \u003ci\u003eEditing Today Workbook, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e provides practical exercises to sharpen student skill and complements \u003ci\u003eEditing Today, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989104345317,"sku":"NP9780813813172","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780813813172.jpg?v=1761782812","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/editing-today-workbook-isbn-9780813813172","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}