Once the draft of a piece is filed, an editor goes over it. The work involved can go anywhere from a light edit/check to major restructuring and rewriting. When the editor is done, we usually send the piece back to the writer so they can take a look at the changes made, make sure that no inaccuracies or mistakes were inadvertently introduced (in case the editor might have misunderstood what they were getting at), and answer any outstanding questions.

When the editor is happy with the piece, it goes on to a sub-editor. The sub-editor goes through the article with an eye for fact-checking and clarity, grammar and typos, and makes sure that everything adheres to the house style (more on this in a future issue!)

While all this is happening, we're also considering visuals to accompany the pieces. Some articles naturally come with photos. For others, we consider commissioning illustrations, or look for images that are either in the public domain or have creative commons licensing. Not every piece has to have a photo or illustration � it depends on whether it's appropriate for the piece, but very offten also on article length and what space we might have (or not have) on the page.

Once all the text is finalised and the visuals chosen, it all goes to our designer, who will lay out the pages. There'll be more editing needed at this point, because there might be articles that still turn out too long or too short. (Personally I'm more nervous about the latter, because you can always try to be more ruthless and cut things down, but finding more things to pad out an article � esppecially when there's not a lot of time to go back and forth with the writer � sounds frightening.)

After the layout is done, the magazine goes to a proofreader, who gives it a final check. And only then do all the files get finalised, compiled, and sent to the printers. And then we start commissioning for the next issue of the magazine, and it all starts over. Whew!

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:00 am and why i trust written news rather than Twitter, FB an blog post by anyone and everyone>>

Lots of thought and care goes into the production of a magazine like Mekong Review, so I thought I'd use this week's newsletter to let you in on our process.

Once the draft of a piece is filed, an editor goes over it. The work involved can go anywhere from a light edit/check to major restructuring and rewriting. When the editor is done, we usually send the piece back to the writer so they can take a look at the changes made, make sure that no inaccuracies or mistakes were inadvertently introduced (in case the editor might have misunderstood what they were getting at), and answer any outstanding questions.

When the editor is happy with the piece, it goes on to a sub-editor. The sub-editor goes through the article with an eye for fact-checking and clarity, grammar and typos, and makes sure that everything adheres to the house style (more on this in a future issue!)

While all this is happening, we're also considering visuals to accompany the pieces. Some articles naturally come with photos. For others, we consider commissioning illustrations, or look for images that are either in the public domain or have creative commons licensing. Not every piece has to have a photo or illustration � it depends on whether it's appropriate for the piece, but very offten also on article length and what space we might have (or not have) on the page.

Once all the text is finalised and the visuals chosen, it all goes to our designer, who will lay out the pages. There'll be more editing needed at this point, because there might be articles that still turn out too long or too short. (Personally I'm more nervous about the latter, because you can always try to be more ruthless and cut things down, but finding more things to pad out an article � esppecially when there's not a lot of time to go back and forth with the writer � sounds frightening.)

After the layout is done, the magazine goes to a proofreader, who gives it a final check. And only then do all the files get finalised, compiled, and sent to the printers. And then we start commissioning for the next issue of the magazine, and it all starts over. Whew!

Username Taken wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:06 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:00 am and why i trust written news rather than Twitter, FB an blog post by anyone and everyone>>

Lots of thought and care goes into the production of a magazine like Mekong Review, so I thought I'd use this week's newsletter to let you in on our process.

Once the draft of a piece is filed, an editor goes over it. The work involved can go anywhere from a light edit/check to major restructuring and rewriting. When the editor is done, we usually send the piece back to the writer so they can take a look at the changes made, make sure that no inaccuracies or mistakes were inadvertently introduced (in case the editor might have misunderstood what they were getting at), and answer any outstanding questions.

When the editor is happy with the piece, it goes on to a sub-editor. The sub-editor goes through the article with an eye for fact-checking and clarity, grammar and typos, and makes sure that everything adheres to the house style (more on this in a future issue!)

While all this is happening, we're also considering visuals to accompany the pieces. Some articles naturally come with photos. For others, we consider commissioning illustrations, or look for images that are either in the public domain or have creative commons licensing. Not every piece has to have a photo or illustration � it depends on whether it's appropriate for the piece, but very offten also on article length and what space we might have (or not have) on the page.

Once all the text is finalised and the visuals chosen, it all goes to our designer, who will lay out the pages. There'll be more editing needed at this point, because there might be articles that still turn out too long or too short. (Personally I'm more nervous about the latter, because you can always try to be more ruthless and cut things down, but finding more things to pad out an article � esppecially when there's not a lot of time to go back and forth with the writer � sounds frightening.)

After the layout is done, the magazine goes to a proofreader, who gives it a final check. And only then do all the files get finalised, compiled, and sent to the printers. And then we start commissioning for the next issue of the magazine, and it all starts over. Whew!

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phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:00 am and why i trust written news rather than Twitter, FB an blog post by anyone and everyone>>

Lots of thought and care goes into the production of a magazine like Mekong Review, so I thought I'd use this week's newsletter to let you in on our process.

Once the draft of a piece is filed, an editor goes over it. The work involved can go anywhere from a light edit/check to major restructuring and rewriting. When the editor is done, we usually send the piece back to the writer so they can take a look at the changes made, make sure that no inaccuracies or mistakes were inadvertently introduced (in case the editor might have misunderstood what they were getting at), and answer any outstanding questions.

When the editor is happy with the piece, it goes on to a sub-editor. The sub-editor goes through the article with an eye for fact-checking and clarity, grammar and typos, and makes sure that everything adheres to the house style (more on this in a future issue!)

While all this is happening, we're also considering visuals to accompany the pieces. Some articles naturally come with photos. For others, we consider commissioning illustrations, or look for images that are either in the public domain or have creative commons licensing. Not every piece has to have a photo or illustration � it depends on whether it's appropriate for the piece, but very offten also on article length and what space we might have (or not have) on the page.

Once all the text is finalised and the visuals chosen, it all goes to our designer, who will lay out the pages. There'll be more editing needed at this point, because there might be articles that still turn out too long or too short. (Personally I'm more nervous about the latter, because you can always try to be more ruthless and cut things down, but finding more things to pad out an article � esppecially when there's not a lot of time to go back and forth with the writer � sounds frightening.)

After the layout is done, the magazine goes to a proofreader, who gives it a final check. And only then do all the files get finalised, compiled, and sent to the printers. And then we start commissioning for the next issue of the magazine, and it all starts over. Whew!

John Bingham wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:48 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:00 am and why i trust written news rather than Twitter, FB an blog post by anyone and everyone>>

Lots of thought and care goes into the production of a magazine like Mekong Review, so I thought I'd use this week's newsletter to let you in on our process.

Once the draft of a piece is filed, an editor goes over it. The work involved can go anywhere from a light edit/check to major restructuring and rewriting. When the editor is done, we usually send the piece back to the writer so they can take a look at the changes made, make sure that no inaccuracies or mistakes were inadvertently introduced (in case the editor might have misunderstood what they were getting at), and answer any outstanding questions.

When the editor is happy with the piece, it goes on to a sub-editor. The sub-editor goes through the article with an eye for fact-checking and clarity, grammar and typos, and makes sure that everything adheres to the house style (more on this in a future issue!)

While all this is happening, we're also considering visuals to accompany the pieces. Some articles naturally come with photos. For others, we consider commissioning illustrations, or look for images that are either in the public domain or have creative commons licensing. Not every piece has to have a photo or illustration � it depends on whether it's appropriate for the piece, but very offten also on article length and what space we might have (or not have) on the page.

Once all the text is finalised and the visuals chosen, it all goes to our designer, who will lay out the pages. There'll be more editing needed at this point, because there might be articles that still turn out too long or too short. (Personally I'm more nervous about the latter, because you can always try to be more ruthless and cut things down, but finding more things to pad out an article � esppecially when there's not a lot of time to go back and forth with the writer � sounds frightening.)

After the layout is done, the magazine goes to a proofreader, who gives it a final check. And only then do all the files get finalised, compiled, and sent to the printers. And then we start commissioning for the next issue of the magazine, and it all starts over. Whew!

It's a great read but unless I'm missing something the process described is pretty much how it has been in any quality publication for at least a century?