Sometimes readers don’t want the whole story–they want the highlights. But when you have to edit a story for different platforms, how do you keep the news without losing all the details?
This Webinar covers the principles and practices of cutting, summarizing and rewriting stories for different spaces, such as brief news roundups, summaries for apps, mobile and social media, and the traditional limited-space print news hole.
WHAT WILL I LEARN:
- How to focus on the most important information
- How to keep the news without losing all the detail
- How to ensure the story is relevant to your audience
- How to rewrite a story to get rid of unnecessary words
- How to summarize information concisely
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE:
Writers, producers, editors and anyone who works with words on multiple platforms.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR:
Lisa McLendon
Lisa McLendon runs the Bremner Editing Center at the University of Kansas journalism school, where she also teaches editing and grammar. She has previously worked as a copy editor and book reviewer at the Wichita (Kan.) Eagle and as a copy editor, designer and desk chief at the Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle. She began her journalism career in 2000 after earning a doctorate in Slavic linguistics from the University of Texas.
