The Art of Editing, Chapters 3-4

Chapter 3 was a very informative chapter that discussed exactly what the editor of a paper duties are made up of along with the copy editor's responsibilities. I like how there were charts displayed that showed what the reporter does along with the copy-desk chief, city editor, etc. It was easy to understand since it was nicely laid out for me like that. I also enjoyed how a proofreading checklist was given towards the end of the chapter. In the next chapter, "Macro Editing for the Big Picture" gave some information that I previously knew but it was helpful to go over it again such as a hard-news lead. Rules for both hard-news and feature leads were helpful especially since it gave specific examples. I sometimes have difficulty remembering which numbers are supposed to be spelled out in an article and which are supposed to just have the number figure. So the part of the chapter that went over that was very helpful to me.