DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (MC JR)/MJMC DEGREE EXAMINATION,
MAY 2016.
EDITING
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions in 200 words each.
1. What is News management?
2. What are the functions of a newsroom?
3. What are the duties of a sub editor?
4. Describe the modern trend in news writing.
5. What are the mechanisms of dummying?
6. Explain the role of resident editor.
7. What is style sheet?
8. What is copy editing?
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions in 400 words each.
All questions carry equal marks.
9. Define Editing? What are the significances of Editing?
10. Write about various kinds of typesetting.
Sub. Code
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11. Describe the duties and responsibilities of editor.
12. How newspaper designing is different from magazine
designing?
13. What are the fundamentals of copy editing?
14. Explain the principles of page Make-up and Design.
15. Write an essay on modern technology in news paper
production.