Методические указания для студентов специальности "Журналистика" (английский язык). Палагина С.С - 16 стр.

     6.1.3 Text. Writing and Editing Stories

      Some reports write their own stories, but many stories are written by subeditors.
Subeditors do not rewrite material but get the facts, usually by telephone, from a
reporter and assemble them into a story. Subeditors may also make many phone calls
themselves to gather additional information for stories. In writing a news story,
reporters or subeditors begin by giving the important facts in the first paragraph,
which is called the lead. They then present the details in the rest of the space given to
the story by the news editor.
      The completed story goes to a copy editor, who checks it for accuracy and
writes a headline for the story. The copy editor may also change the wording in
places to make the story more readable, and must cut material from the story if it is
too long.
      Many newspapers use computerized editing systems. With these systems,
writers and editors use video display terminals (VDT’s) instead of typewriters and
pencils. A VDT consists of a typewriter like keyboard with an electronic screen
attached. As a reporter or subeditor types out a story on the keyboard, it appears on
the screen. Special keys enable the writer to make corrections, insert information, and
rearrange sentences or paragraphs. The completed story is stored in the computer’s
memory banks. At a touch of a button, a copy editor can call up the story and edit it
on a VDT like the one used by the writer. VDT’s are sometimes also called cathode-
ray tube terminals (CRT’s).

         6.1.4 Form adjectives with suffix –able and explain their meaning. Model:
to recognize – recognizable – something that is possible to recognize

     - to read;                          - to attach;
     - to change;                       - to arrange;
     - to measure;                      - to transmit.
     - to copy;

     6.1.5 Add prefix re- to the following verbs. Explain the meaning of new words
or translate them. Model: to write – to rewrite; means to write once more;
переписать

     - to search;                      - to type;
     - to print;                        - to assemble;
     - to distribute;                  - to arrange;
     - to read;                        - to make.

     6.1.6 Explain or translate the following words:

     - subeditor;                      - lead;
     - readable;                       - wording.
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