What is Editing and Functions of Sub-Editor

The art of selection, correction, translating and rewriting of a news story is known as editing.
Types of Editing
There two types of editing
1. Content/Spirit/Ambiguity
2. Text/ Language/Expression
• Content/Spirit/Ambiguity
In which include the
Selection
Correction
Translating
Rewriting
Now I elaborate the above given points. The process of editing also use in functions of sub-editor in media organization here I tell you what sub-editor is?
The person who performs the activities of editing process is known as sub-editor.
Selection
In which sub-editor select the news story according to their worth and importance and also decide how many space give in newspaper and in which page locate this news.
Correction
The sub-editor corrects the grammar, spellings, punctuation, and facts and figures mistakes as well as name in news story.
Translation
Media organization receives the story through different sources. Some of story in foreign language the duty of sub-editor translate these news story in national language. Also translate the Jargons as well as ambiguity into plain language so that readers easily understand.
Rewriting
Some news stories that are ineligible to read out the sub-editor rewrite this kind of news story.
• Text/Language/Expression
In which correct the grammar, spellings and punctuation mistakes and capital noun words and also change the numbers figures into words or words figures into numbers.
Headline
After the all above editing in a news story the sub-editor makes the headline. Headline is main idea of a news story that present story main ideas in a few words.
Significance of Editing
Editing is significant for media organization because a story come to news desk as a raw material from different places where the sub editor edit the news story uses proper grammar, spelling, coherent and fits in the amount of space that editors are dedicating to the story. Edit news story present the news in better way as compare non-edit and also reader easily understand edit story a good edit news story increase the newspaper worthy and built the reporter credit.
Secondly organizations receive the news story different sources and these news story filters through the process of editing and this process don by sub-editor.
Thirdly editing is significance in news story to convey the message of news story in proper and good manner.