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Douglas Ritchie
Douglas Ernest Ritchie (1905-1967) was a news editor at the BBC. World War II Ritchie, at the time an assistant Copy editing, news editor, broadcast to German-occupied countries during the war. He adopted the moniker "Colonel Britton", and his identity was a closely guarded secret until after the war. He was in charge of the BBC's wartime "V for Victory" campaign. He created the "Continental V Army". By the time of the disclosure of his identity in 1945 he was director of the European news department of the BBC. Post war After the end of the war Ritchie rose to the position of head of publicity at the BBC. At the age of 50 he suffered a stroke. His book ''Stroke: A Diary Of Recovery'' was hailed by ''John O'Londons'' as "A triumph of the highest order". References 1905 births British broadcasters Year of death missing {{UK-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copy Editing
Copy editing (also known as copyediting and manuscript editing) is the process of revising written material ( copy) to improve readability and fitness, as well as ensuring that text is free of grammatical and factual errors. ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' states that manuscript editing encompasses "simple mechanical corrections (mechanical editing) through sentence-level interventions (line, or stylistic, editing) to substantial remedial work on literary style and clarity, disorganized passages, baggy prose, muddled tables and figures, and the like (substantive editing)". In the context of print publication, copy editing is done before typesetting and again before proofreading. Outside traditional book and journal publishing, the term ''copy editing'' is used more broadly, and is sometimes referred to as proofreading, or the term ''copy editing'' sometimes includes additional tasks. Although copy editors are generally expected to make simple revisions to smooth awkward passages, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
