CONCEPT OF NEWS EDITING
In a news organization, editing plays a pivotal role. A news item or a news story, as it is called, is written by hurried reporters. and is rough-edged . In the editing process, the unwanted matter gets weeded out. Only the newsworthy stories are finally selected. These are checked for grammar, syntax, facts, figures, and sense, and also clarified for betterment, and are condensed for economy of space. Editing is a process of selecting, preparing, writing, proof reading and publishing in the print media to disseminate the information to their target readers. The editing process goes through many channels from writing to correction, correction to consideration, consideration to modification and modification to production. The editing process starts with the reporter or author’s original writing and ends with the editor’s idea, creation and publication. News editing is tailoring news items or a news story to the required shape and size, using the right kind of expressions and symbols