contemporary Editing sets the standard for college news editing courses by offering comprehensive instruction and a focus on "the editor's attitude" new values, ethics, newroom decision making,and an understanding of audience. The Text equips students with solid editing skills effective use in today's world of evolving mediums and news forums. The new edition offer expanded coverage of editing for broadcast and the web, more voices from today's newsroom, and curent examples taken from recent news stories, including the 2003 ethics scandal at The New York Times.