Editing for skills and prestige.

Ross F. Collins, professor of Communication, North Dakota State University, Fargo

Shine as a professional! Dazzle social media! Prove your competence. How? Editing skills. Start with these resources.

• YouTube video: Why study editing?
• More editing resources: lectures, videos, projects.
• Textbook: Ross F. Collins, editor, Editing Across Media. Content and Process for Print and Online Publication (McFarland, 2013).

Answer to video quiz:

"In principal [incorrect: should be principle, the a noun] the teacher gives students two months' [correct: plural possessive, more than one month] time to master the material, but she knew summer job's [incorrect: no possessive, delete apostrophe] would effect [incorrect: should be affect, a verb] exam scores, so she lay [correct: put or place, transitive] down a series of grammar principles designed to affect [incorrect: should be effect] change more quickly."

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